What are some of the literature of the bronze age?

Eric Cline's 1177 B.C. - The Year Civilization Collapsed is a good general reader focused history on the tail end of the Bronze Age. It gives a good overview of the state of the Mediterranean world circa the 13th to 12th century BC, explaining how maritime trade relations and state relationships were developing. read more

Major Bronze Age civilizations, including Mycenaean Greece, the Hittite Empire in Turkey, and Ancient Egypt fell within a short period of time. Ancient cities were abandoned, trade routes were lost, and literacy declined throughout the region. read more

The Bronze Age, a period that lasted roughly three thousand years, saw major advances in social, economic, and technological advances that made Greece the hub of activity in the Mediterranean. Historians have identified three distinct civilizations to identify the people of the time. read more

Although the Iron Age generally followed the Bronze Age, in some areas (such as Sub-Saharan Africa), the Iron Age intruded directly on the Neolithic. Bronze Age cultures differed in their development of the first writing. read more