20 events with tag "collapse"
1334 BC
ID: 3656
Death of Akhenaten - 'heretic pharaoh' dies, Amarna period ends, monotheistic experiment fails
ID: 3656
1200 BC
ID: 3635
Destruction of Mycenaean palaces - major centers burned and abandoned, writing system lost
ID: 3635
1200 BC
ID: 3636
Fall of Hattusa - Hittite capital burned and abandoned, empire collapses under Suppiluliuma II
ID: 3636
1200 BC
ID: 5792
Late Bronze Age Collapse begins - widespread destruction across eastern Mediterranean, multiple civilizations fall simultaneously
ID: 5792
1190 BC
ID: 3637
Destruction of Ugarit - king's final letter: 'enemy ships are here, my cities burn, country does evil things'
ID: 3637
1150 BC
ID: 3642
International trade system collapses - tin routes disrupted, diplomatic marriages end, 'Great Powers Club' dissolved
ID: 3642
1100 BC
ID: 3643
Greek Dark Ages begin - 400-year period of cultural decline, loss of literacy, abandonment of cities
ID: 3643
185 BC
ID: 3682
Fall of Mauryan Empire - last king Brihadratha assassinated by general Pushyamitra Shunga
ID: 3682
79
ID: 5936
August 24, 79
Pompeii buried in pumice - 6 feet accumulate in hours, roofs collapse, most flee but 2000 stay, darkness at noon
ID: 5936
400
ID: 5344
End of systematic ancient mining - collapse of Western Empire ends large-scale mining until medieval period
ID: 5344
453
ID: 4734
Death of Attila - dies on wedding night (nosebleed or murder?), Hun Empire immediately collapses
ID: 4734
840
ID: 2932
June 840
Death of Louis the Pious - dies on campaign against rebellious son Louis the German, civil war erupts immediately
ID: 2932
1405
ID: 4754
Death of Timur - dies invading China in winter, empire fragments, estimated 17 million killed in campaigns
ID: 4754
1472
ID: 5170
Medici bank's Bruges branch collapses - Tommaso Portinari's loans to Charles the Bold fail
ID: 5170
1889
ID: 1090
Nietzsche's collapse - goes insane in Turin, philosophy ends in literal madness
ID: 1090
1930
ID: 1369
Joseph S. Marcus's Bank of United States collapses in fraud scandal
ID: 1369
1991
ID: 2084
BCCI collapsed by regulators worldwide
ID: 2084
2001
ID: 3070
Enron scandal exposes massive accounting fraud - company collapses despite reports of strong profits
ID: 3070
2007
ID: 3138
Credit markets freeze as subprime crisis begins
ID: 3138
2008
ID: 3156
Lehman Brothers bankruptcy; AIG bailout ($182 billion total)
ID: 3156