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The mystery of The Sea Peoples (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/historymemes@lemmy.world

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[–] ModestCrab@lemmy.wtf 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

While initial versions of the hypothesis regarded the Sea Peoples as a primary cause of the Late Bronze Age collapse, more recent versions generally regard them as a symptom of events which were already in motion before their purported attacks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Peoples

[–] denshirenji@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This. As I understand it, they were really refugees escaping famines, regime collapses and other hardships. They were seeking better opportunities. While they did cause strain where they landed, the primary reason for the bronze age collapse was due to the famines and such. Essentially, as the dominos fell, the world economy fell as well. More famines and the like, and, hence, more refugees, being the result. It honestly resembles our current state of affairs world wide so much it's ridiculous.

Edit: I love typing on phone keyboards and having more mistakes than properly spelled and formatted sentences.