# Most destructions fall within a few decades after about 1200 BC.

> Most likely: Most destructions fall within a few decades after about 1200 BC.

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Answer · Late Bronze Age collapse

# Most destructions fall within a few decades after about 1200 BC.

Most destructions fall within a few decades after about 1200 BC.

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## Where it stands

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

## What it predicts

- Modelled radiocarbon dates at destroyed sites cluster between about 1200 and 1170 BC.

## What would rule it out

- Well-dated destructions spread from the mid 13th to the mid 12th century.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Gibala-Tell Tweini is dated to 1192–1190 BC and is contemporary with Ugarit's destruction.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464V464Y26/gibala-tell-tweini-is-dated-to-11921190-bc-and-is)

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[Pylos was destroyed about 3150–3130 BP.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464VC05NEE/pylos-was-destroyed-about-31503130-bp)

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## The questions it answers

[Were the destructions clustered in the years after the 1198–1196 BC drought, or spread over a century?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/questions/QST0D464N0W57P9/were-the-destructions-clustered-in-the-years-after-the)

Part of [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 likelyMost destructions fall within a few decades after about 1200 BC

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