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Human civilization **in the region** basically ended for centuries...
gpt
Well, Norte Chico was already gone by that point. And China hadn't quite gotten started. The Shang dynasty did not leave behind very much significant evidence that it even existed.

The Bronze Age Collapse really did wipe out pretty much all the civilization there was. In its aftermath, there were no cities, no writing, hardly any permanent human settlements. It basically sent us back to the Neolithic for a while.