Did lost civilizations before history vanish in a forgotten global disaster?

At the end of the 2nd millennium B.C., entire empires disappeared from history. Others survived and other states could use the chaos to ascend. How did they succeed and what are the conclusions for the present?

Did lost civilizations before history vanish in a forgotten global disaster?

The official story of human civilization begins around 6,000 years ago, with the rise of early city-states in Mesopotamia and Egypt. But new discoveries are challenging that timeline. What if we’ve overlooked an entire chapter—an era of lost civilizations before history, wiped out by a global catastrophe and forgotten beneath layers of earth, myth, and […] The post Did lost civilizations before history vanish in a forgotten global disaster? appe…