What Jared Diamond has said about Late Bronze Age collapse

1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 3, 2026

Jared Diamond, American geographer, historian and author of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" and "Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings", has been quoted on Late Bronze Age collapse once in 1 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, most recently on September 3, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Diamond says the loss of Greek Linear B writing was due to the broader Bronze Age collapse rather than the Trojan War, and its cause remains unknown.

    “But there was a much broader collapse of Bronze Age civilization in the whole Eastern Mediterranean, and we don't know why”

    The Joe Rogan Experience: #2549 - Jared Diamond (Sep 3, 2026) · Listen from 1:23:55

Episodes

  • #2549 - Jared Diamond

    The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 3, 2026 · 2 h 34 min

    Jared Diamond talks with Joe Rogan about leadership, the rise of world religions, the origins of writing, language, and cannibalism and Kuru in New Guinea.

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