The Haberman Institute is honored to co-sponsor this event, with the Biblical Archaeological Forum, Basanova and B’nai Israel Congregation.
Presented by Dr. Eric Cline
Chair of the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, George Washington University; Director of the GWU Capitol Archaeological Institute
The collapse of civilizations that heralded the end of the Bronze Age gave way to the Iron Age, which some historians have categorized as a Dark Age. Not so, asserts George Washington University professor Eric Cline.
Instead, it paved the way for the rise of other civilizations, notably the Israelites (as well as the Philistines, Phoenicians, Neo-Hittites, Neo-Assyrians, and Neo-Babylonians). With the recovery from the Bronze Age-ending cataclysms came world-changing innovations such as the use of iron and the alphabet.
This is the topic of the May publication of Dr. Cline’s new book, After 1177 BCE: The Survival of Civilizations. Join us to learn more!
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Dr. Eric H. Cline is Professor of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Anthropology, the former Chair of the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, at George Washington University, and the current Director of the GWU Capitol Archaeological Institute.
He is a National Geographic Explorer, a Fulbright scholar, an NEH Public Scholar, a Getty Scholar, and an award-winning teacher and author.
In May 2015, he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree (honoris causa) from Muhlenberg College.