A History of Western Society: Printed Page 36
A History of Western Society, Value Edition: Printed Page 34
A History of Western Society, Concise Edition: Printed Page 36
If the Bronze Age Collapse was a time of massive political and economic disruption, it was also a period of the spread of new technologies, especially iron. Even though empires shrank, many small kingdoms survived, each with cultures that combined elements shared across a wide area with local traditions. These states included several that developed on the borders of the shrinking Egyptian empire, including Kush and Phoenicia.