# No single cause; several stresses (climate, famine, migration, war, earthquakes, internal unrest) struck…

> Most likely: No single cause; several stresses (climate, famine, migration, war, earthquakes, internal unrest) struck tightly linked palace economies at…

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# No single cause; several stresses (climate, famine, migration, war, earthquakes, internal unrest) struck…

No single cause; several stresses (climate, famine, migration, war, earthquakes, internal unrest) struck tightly linked palace economies at once and the network failed.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Several kinds of stress are attested in the same decades.
- Regions less integrated in the network fare better.
- Failure spreads along trade links.

## What would rule it out

- One stress shown to precede and account for the destructions everywhere.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Climate, migration and destruction are each independently attested around 1200 BC.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464SX45J7X/climate-migration-and-destruction-are-each-independently)

Supported

FOR

[The evidence is diverse, and different regions changed at different times.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464SNA0Q5W/the-evidence-is-diverse-and-different-regions-changed-at)

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FOR

## The questions it answers

[What was the principal cause of the end of the Late Bronze Age palace system in the eastern Mediterranean?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/questions/QST0D464MS26SDY/what-was-the-principal-cause-of-the-end-of-the-late-bronze)

Most likelyNo single cause; several stresses (climate, famine, migration, war, earthquakes, internal unrest) struck…

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