# The destructions and abandonments are spread over a century or more, from the mid 13th to the 12th century.

> Most likely: The destructions and abandonments are spread over a century or more, from the mid 13th to the 12th century.

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# The destructions and abandonments are spread over a century or more, from the mid 13th to the 12th century.

The destructions and abandonments are spread over a century or more, from the mid 13th to the 12th century.

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

## 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

- Several destructions date well before 1200 BC and several well after 1170 BC.

## What would rule it out

- A joint chronology showing a tight cluster.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[The Sea of Galilee dry phase begins about 1250 BCE, before the main destructions.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464W3E5QBR/the-sea-of-galilee-dry-phase-begins-about-1250-bce-before)

Suggestive

FOR

[The review places the changes at different times from the mid to late 13th through the 12th century.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464VVM3AFD/the-review-places-the-changes-at-different-times-from-the)

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FOR

## 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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Mysteries Department. (2026). The destructions and abandonments are spread over a century or more, from the mid 13th to the 12th century. [Answer ANS0D464VKT04M4]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D464VKT04M4
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