Sea Peoples

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Late Bronze Age people historical confederation seafaring raiders

The Sea Peoples were a confederation of seafaring raiders who attacked and destabilized several Eastern Mediterranean civilizations during the Late Bronze Age, contributing to the region’s widespread collapse.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sea Peoples migrations	1
invasions of the Sea Peoples	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Late Bronze Age people ⓘ historical confederation ⓘ seafaring raiders ⓘ
activeInCentury	12th century BCE ⓘ 13th century BCE ⓘ
activeInPeriod	Late Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Late Bronze Age collapse NERFINISHED ⓘ
attacked	Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ Hittite Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Levantine city-states ⓘ New Kingdom Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Ugarit NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo	destabilization of Eastern Mediterranean civilizations ⓘ destruction of coastal settlements ⓘ disruption of trade networks in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
defeatedAt	Battle of the Nile (under Ramesses III) NERFINISHED ⓘ land battles in Egypt under Ramesses III ⓘ
describedAs	confederation of seafaring groups ⓘ
engagedIn	land invasions after sea landings ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ
impact	collapse of several palace-centered states ⓘ population movements in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ transition from Bronze Age to Iron Age in the region ⓘ
knownFor	attacks on coastal cities ⓘ maritime raids ⓘ role in Late Bronze Age collapse ⓘ
languageOfSources	Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
mentionedInSource	Egyptian inscriptions of Merneptah NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptian inscriptions of Ramesses II ⓘ Medinet Habu inscriptions of Ramesses III NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Pharaoh Merneptah NERFINISHED ⓘ Pharaoh Ramesses II NERFINISHED ⓘ Pharaoh Ramesses III NERFINISHED ⓘ
possibleComponentGroup	Denyen NERFINISHED ⓘ Lukka NERFINISHED ⓘ Peleset NERFINISHED ⓘ Shekelesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Sherden NERFINISHED ⓘ Teresh NERFINISHED ⓘ Tjekker ⓘ Weshesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryArchaeologicalEvidence	destruction layers in Eastern Mediterranean sites ⓘ iconography at Medinet Habu ⓘ
region	Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	Egyptology ⓘ Near Eastern archaeology ⓘ ancient Mediterranean history ⓘ
uncertain	exact ethnic origins ⓘ exact homeland ⓘ internal political organization ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Late Bronze Age collapse → associatedWith → Sea Peoples ⓘ

Medinet Habu → associatedWith → Sea Peoples ⓘ

Iron Age I → associatedWithEvent → Sea Peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sea Peoples migrations

Philistia → associatedWithPeople → Sea Peoples ⓘ

20th Dynasty of Egypt → hasEvent → Sea Peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: invasions of the Sea Peoples

Merneptah → inscriptionMentions → Sea Peoples ⓘ

Philistines → possibleOrigin → Sea Peoples ⓘ