The migrations of the Sea Peoples circa 1200 BC according to written sources, narrative tradition and archaeology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22219785 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander V Safronov (0000-0002-2901-7004, Institute of Oriental Studies) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1233-1248 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Orientalistica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2618-7043 • E-ISSN: 2687-0738 |
| Publisher | Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.31696/2618-7043-2020-3-5-1233-1248 |
| OpenAlex | W3116290571 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
The article deals with the Sea Peoples’ migrations at the beginning of 12 th century BC. It is based on ancient Egyptian written sources, archaeological data and Greek narrative tradition. The author tries to reconstruct the general stages of Late Bronze Age ethnical movements in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean at the end of the 13 th – beginning the 12 th centuries BC. The author shows that the Sea peoples’ movement was not homogeneous. Moreover, not all the Sea Peoples can be considered as migrants. The tribes of Shekelesh and Weshesh were the typical sea raiders who plundered the rich centres of the Eastern Mediterranean. The possible reason for the Peleset, Theker and Turša migration seems to be the war which devastated their homeland in north-eastern Anatolia between 1208/1203 и 1195 BC. The appearance of the Denyen in Sea Peoples’ movement must be connected with the destructions of Mycenaean centres in Southern Greece circa 1200 BC. Their inhabitants left their homeland and migrated to the different regions of the Aegean, Anatolia, Eastern and Western Mediterranean. The Sea Peoples’ migrations were only the first stage of global ethnic movements in Eurasia at the end of the Bronze Age which totally changed the ethnopolitical map of Southern Europe, Anatolia and Eastern Mediterranean
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Geography · Homeland · Mediterranean climate · Mediterranean sea · Middle East · Narrative · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Ancient Near East History · Anthropology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History
Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times
Greek Dialects in the Archaic and Classical Ages
The Ramses III's inscription and the Trojan War
The Meshwesh
From Hittite to Homer
La tablette RS 86.2230 et la phase finale du royaume d'Ugarit
Trojan Grey Ware at Tel Miqne-Ekron
The Unnoticed Iconography of the Sea Peoples’ Tribe Weshesh
Die hieratische Stele MAA 1939.552 aus Amara West – ein neuer Feldzug gegen die Philister
Some Oriental Glosses on the Homeric Problem
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |