Why did the Bronze Age collapse like a row of dominoes?

Why did the Bronze Age collapse like a row of dominoes?

In “2. The Bronze Age Collapse - Mediterranean Apocalypse,” Paul Cooper explains how Eastern Mediterranean civilizations around 1200–1100 BC fell through a cascade of linked shocks: destruction layers in cities like Hattusa and Ugarit, fragile trade networks dependent on tin, Sea Peoples raids, opportunistic invasions, the spread of iron weapons, climate-driven drought and famine, and the limited survival of Egypt under Ramses III.