It may feel like society is on the brink of a breakdown right now, but don’t worry: We’ve been through this before. Acclaimed historian Eric H. Cline and Vermont cartoonist Glynnis Fawkes celebrate the launch of 1177 B.C.: A Graphic History of the Year Civilization Collapsed, a comic book adaptation of Cline’s award-winning 2014 work of (almost) the same name. The book’s accessible illustrations take readers of all ages back in time to the abrupt end of the Bronze Age, where a perfect storm of wars, revolutions, earthquakes and droughts doomed the ancient Egyptians, Trojans and Babylonians. Ancient-music specialists Call of Kinnaru supply live tunes.
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