In Bronze Age northern Italy the Terramare culture thrived for centuries until one day in about 1200 BC, the population of 120,00 people disappeared.

This was the same era as the Late Bronze Age collapse, when the mysterious Sea Peoples invaded the Near East and destroyed so many ancient civilisations, leading to the first great dark age in history.

Were the people of the Terramare culture involved in some way? Were they also the victims of climatic changes and foreign invasions that wiped them out?

Or were they perhaps one of the perpetrators?

Could they in fact be one of the Sea Peoples?

This is the mystery of the Terramare culture.

Sources for this video:
The Rise of Bronze Age Society by Kristiansen & Larsson
Protecting the Body in War and Combat by Marianne Mödlinger
Globalization, Battlefields & Economics by Helle Vandkilde
More papers listed in the video description on YouTube

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