Sea People

Sea People, any of the groups of seafarers who arrived in eastern Anatolia, Syria, Palestine, Cyprus, and Egypt toward the end of the Bronze Age, especially in the 13th century bce. In the traditional scholarly view they are held responsible for the destruction of old powers such as the Hittite empire. However, more recent research suggests that the Bronze Age collapse was caused by a variety of factors, and the role that the Sea Peoples...