When the World Ran Out of Everything CSP

Around 1200 BCE, the most sophisticated trade network the ancient world had ever built collapsed in under fifty years. Sound familiar? This CSP draws a direct line between the fall of the interconnected Mediterranean civilizations of 1200 BCE and today’s chip shortages and shipping delays, asking what happens when one foundational domino falls, and whether we’ve actually learned anything since.

What’s inside: Main article, Let’s Get Critical discussion, Fantastic Guest interview, EduStory short fiction, Language Focus, What Now? action steps, full quiz, and a vocabulary activity worksheet with crossword and word search.