The wide destruction of the cities is indisputable, I just don&#x27;t have the impression that the comparable long-term effects outside of the area known as the ancient Greece existed. The more centuries of &quot;dark ages&quot; (effective illiteracy) that ensued seem to be characteristic only to that ancient Greece area?<p>For example, Phoenicia had a high point exactly at the time of Greek &quot;dark ages&quot;:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Phoenicia#High_point:_1200.E2.80.93800_BC" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Phoenicia#High_point:_1200.E2....</a><p>Re Mesopotamia there were already the links.