# 1177 B.C. by Eric H. Cline

5 Hacker News commenters recommended 1177 B.C. by Eric H. Cline and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as an enjoyable, on-topic account of the Late Bronze Age collapse by a leading specialist on the subject.

## Why people recommend it

- Written by a leading specialist (1 comments): "one of the preeminent specialists on the topic" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48865131))
- Directly on the collapse topic (1 comments): "is great and is exactly on this topic" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49558044))
- Enjoyable to read (1 comments): "really enjoyed reading it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49559257))
- Good book about this period (1 comments): "very nice book about this time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49919120))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dawn-of-everything.md): 23 recommend
- [Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cadillac-desert.md): 18 recommend
- [The Box by Marc Levinson](https://hackerapproved.com/p/box.md): 16 recommend
- [Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sapiens.md): 13 recommend
- [Chip War by Chris Miller](https://hackerapproved.com/p/chip-war.md): 13 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691208018?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780691208015) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "1177 B.C. by Eric H. Cline", https://hackerapproved.com/p/1177-b-c-the-year-civilization-collapsed/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).