{"id":480,"date":"2020-04-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/?p=480"},"modified":"2026-09-26T13:48:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T11:48:42","slug":"1177-av-j-c-quand-la-civilisation-sest-effondree-eric-cline-the-long-now-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smalltalks.eu\/blog\/2020\/04\/22\/1177-av-j-c-quand-la-civilisation-sest-effondree-eric-cline-the-long-now-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"1177 av. J.-C. : quand la civilisation s&#8217;est effondr\u00e9e (Eric Cline &#8211; The Long Now Foundation)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1177 B.C.: When Civilization Collapsed | Eric Cline\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M4LRHJlijVU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Avis aux optimistes : toutes les soci\u00e9t\u00e9s du monde peuvent s&#8217;effondrer en m\u00eame temps. C&#8217;est d\u00e9j\u00e0 arriv\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Au XII<sup>e<\/sup> si\u00e8cle avant notre \u00e8re, les grandes civilisations de l&#8217;\u00e2ge du bronze en M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e \u2014 toutes \u2014 se sont brusquement d\u00e9sagr\u00e9g\u00e9es. Leurs empires se sont \u00e9vapor\u00e9s, leurs villes se sont vid\u00e9es, leurs techniques ont disparu, et la famine a r\u00e9gn\u00e9. Myc\u00e8nes, la Cr\u00e8te minoenne, l&#8217;Assyrie, les Hittites, Canaan, Chypre : tout a disparu. M\u00eame l&#8217;\u00c9gypte est entr\u00e9e dans un profond d\u00e9clin. L&#8217;\u00e2ge du bronze \u00e9tait termin\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cet \u00e9pisode devrait figurer dans l&#8217;histoire comme l&#8217;un des grands r\u00e9cits d&#8217;avertissement. Il ne l&#8217;est pas, parce que ses causes sont longtemps rest\u00e9es un myst\u00e8re : comment savoir de quoi se m\u00e9fier ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eric Cline, arch\u00e9ologue et historien \u00e0 l&#8217;universit\u00e9 George Washington, s&#8217;est attaqu\u00e9 \u00e0 cette \u00e9nigme dans son livre <em>1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed<\/em> (traduit en fran\u00e7ais sous le titre <em>1177 avant J.-C. : le jour o\u00f9 la civilisation s&#8217;est effondr\u00e9e<\/em>). Selon lui, l&#8217;\u00e9chec fut <strong>syst\u00e9mique<\/strong> : un monde tr\u00e8s complexe, richement interconnect\u00e9, a bascul\u00e9 d&#8217;un seul coup dans le chaos. S\u00e9cheresses, famines, s\u00e9ismes, \u00ab Peuples de la mer \u00bb, rupture des routes du cuivre et de l&#8217;\u00e9tain\u2026 aucune cause isol\u00e9e ne suffit ; c&#8217;est leur conjonction dans un syst\u00e8me trop interd\u00e9pendant qui a tout emport\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Une le\u00e7on qui r\u00e9sonne \u00e9trangement avec notre propre monde globalis\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Conf\u00e9rence (en anglais) donn\u00e9e le 11 janvier 2016 dans le cadre des <a href=\"http:\/\/longnow.org\/seminars\">Seminars About Long-term Thinking<\/a> de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@longnow\">The Long Now Foundation<\/a>, \u00e0 San Francisco, anim\u00e9s par Stewart Brand. La Long Now Foundation est une fondation \u00e0 but non lucratif d\u00e9di\u00e9e \u00e0 la pens\u00e9e et \u00e0 la responsabilit\u00e9 \u00e0 long terme (horloge des 10 000 ans, pr\u00e9servation des langues menac\u00e9es, Long Bets\u2026).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avis aux optimistes : toutes les soci\u00e9t\u00e9s du monde peuvent s&#8217;effondrer en m\u00eame temps. C&#8217;est d\u00e9j\u00e0 arriv\u00e9. Au XIIe si\u00e8cle avant notre \u00e8re, les grandes civilisations de l&#8217;\u00e2ge du bronze en M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e \u2014 toutes \u2014 se sont brusquement d\u00e9sagr\u00e9g\u00e9es. Leurs empires se sont \u00e9vapor\u00e9s, leurs villes se sont vid\u00e9es, leurs techniques ont disparu, et la famine a r\u00e9gn\u00e9. Myc\u00e8nes, la Cr\u00e8te minoenne, l&#8217;Assyrie, les Hittites, Canaan, Chypre : tout a disparu. M\u00eame l&#8217;\u00c9gypte est entr\u00e9e dans un profond d\u00e9clin. 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