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The Radiocarbon Framework: Dating The Collapse

Understanding when the Bronze Age Collapse happened — and establishing the sequence of events within it — requires precise dating, and the chronology of the collapse has itself been a subject of significant scholarly debate.

The conventional dates for the Bronze Age Collapse cluster around the decades on either side of 1200 BCE.

The destruction of Hattusa, the Hittite capital, is generally dated to approximately 1190-1180 BCE.

The destruction of Ugarit is dated to approximately 1185 BCE, based on the archaeological evidence and the context of the cuneiform tablets that provide historical reference points.