Sea Peoples

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/sea-peoples

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1. How big is the Sea Peoples?Diverse, including Aegean islands, Western Anatolia, Cyprus, Sicily, Sardinia
2. What is the key identified groups?Lukka, Peleset, Denyen, Sherden, Shekelesh, Weshesh
3. What is the chronological context?Late Bronze Age, circa 1200 BC
4. Who were the Sea Peoples?They were sailors who attacked the Eastern Mediterranean around the 12th century BC. The Egyptian records describe them as a coalition of raiders with ships, warriors, women, children, and goods.
5. Where did the Sea Peoples come from?Their homes are debated, but scholars suggest places like Crete, Greece, Anatolia, Cyprus, Sicily, and Sardinia. Some groups, like the Lukka, are more clearly linked to Anatolia.

Late Bronze Age Collapse: A period of widespread societal breakdown and transition across the Mediterranean and Near East around 1200 BC.
Aegean Civilization: Bronze Age cultures of the Greek mainland, Crete, and the Aegean islands.
Hittite Empire: A major ancient Anatolian empire that flourished during the Late Bronze Age.
Ugarit: An important ancient Canaanite city-state, destroyed around the time of the Sea Peoples' incursions.