Naslov
Sea Peoples-Revisiting a Late Bronze Age Catastrophe

Autori
Glazer, Eva Katarina ; Štruklec, Danijel

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Studies on Disasters, Catastrophes and the Ends of the World in Sources

Urednik/ci
Popielska-Grzybowska, Joanna ; Iwaszczuk, Jadwiga

Izdavač
Pultusk Academy of Humanities

Grad
Pułtusk

Godina
2013

Raspon stranica
135-140

ISBN
978-83-7549-210-1

Ključne riječi
Sea Peoples, Late Bronze Age, Ugarit

Sažetak
The ending of Late Bronze Age on Levant is marked with events that are commonly described as „catastrophical“. Historiography explains those crisis years as a result of the movements of Sea Peoples, mentioned in several Egyptian as well as Hittite sources. While there is a relative scarcity of reliable sources that would enable us to form a clear picture of the effect the Sea peoples have had on LBA Levant, there is an abundance of theories and assumptions. In recognition of the fact that analyses made so far have focused primarily on the military aspects of their activities we believe that a thorough reinterpretation of the available texts and archaeological evidence is warranted. Even though we have accumulated extensive knowledge of the cities that were destroyed and archaeological field research continues to provide us with fresh insights, our approach will focus more on the wider context of Late Bronze Age Levant. More importantly, without going deeper into an analysis of the origin or the nature of the Sea Peoples alliances, the paper provides a new perspective on the people themselves by analysing the social and political structures they encountered. By focusing on the social and political processes within the LBA Canaanite city states this paper will attempt to reconstruct a possible integration and assimilation of certain elements of the Sea Peoples.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest, Arheologija

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