Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"When the world emerged from the collapse of the Bronze Age, it was indeed a new age, including new opportunities for growth, particularly with the demise of the Hittites and the decline of the Egyptians, who, in addition to ruling their own regions, had also between them controlled most of Syria and Canaan for much of the Late Bronze Age." [1177 BC, Kindle, Location 3454] The collapse of the Bronze Age in c. 1177 was the beginning of the Greek Dark Ages. [Bauer: Ancient World, p. 284, 290] "Among the many scenarios suggested to explain the final days of the Late Bronze Age in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, the proposal made by Israel Finkelstein of Tel Aviv University a decade ago still seems most likely. He argues that the migration of the Sea Peoples was not a single event but a long process involving several phases, with the first phase starting in the early years of Ramses III, ca. 1177 BC, and the last phase ending during the time of Ramses VI, ca. 1130 BC." [1177 BC, Kindle, Location 3141] Note: The collapse of the Bronze Age coincides with dates for Zoroaster and Moses. See the book, "A Study Guide for Arnold Toynbee's 'A Study of History.'"