Finnish Institute in the Middle East (FIME) hosts a Badaro Talks lecture “Late Bronze Age System Collapse on the Eastern Mediterranean – Lessons from History” by FIME’s new researcher Joanna Töyräänvuori. She specializes in the Late Bronze Age and the language and the culture of the ancient city of Ugarit.
When: Wednesday 17th of September at 6pm.
Where: The FIME premises at 30 Badaro Street (Beirut, Lebanon) Chaoui Building, 5th floor meeting room.
You can also attend online.
RSVP: We kindly request you to RSVP through this link or by sending an email to institute@fime.fi at the latest on Tuesday 16th of September.
Abstract
The Late Bronze Age (c. 1500 – 1150 BCE) was a time when the Eastern Mediterranean was dominated by an international trade and cooperation network formed by several highly developed civilizations connected by diplomatic and commercial ties, among them the coastal cities of Lebanon and Syria. This era is interesting because it has left a wealth of written and material evidence that allows for a reconstruction of the political landscape, and especially because it preceded the almost complete collapse of this world order as Bronze gives way to the Iron Age, many of the prominent kingdoms facing total destruction. There are many points of connection between the international LBA world system and the Eastern Mediterranean as we find it today, which makes it especially important to study the conditions that led to the breakdown of the network of kingdoms and city-states. What lessons can we learn from history so that we are not doomed to repeat it?
Bio
Dr. Joanna Töyräänvuori (PhD, University of Helsinki) is an Adjunct Professor (Docent) of Ancient Near Eastern studies at the University of Helsinki and an Adjunct Professor (Docent) of Cultural History at the University of Turku. Töyräänvuori has studied the history, cultural heritage and literature of the ancient Near East, focusing in particular on the Late Bronze Age, when the eastern Mediterranean was dominated by an international trade and cooperation network formed by several highly developed civilizations. Töyräänvuori’s speciality is the language and culture of Ugarit, a major trading city in the Late Bronze Age that suffered complete destruction as the world system collapsed, disappearing completely from the map of the world
Source: https://www.fime.fi/en/badaro-talk-joanna-toyraanvuori-2/
