The Sea Peoples were a confederacy of naval raiders who harried the coastal towns and cities of the Mediterranean region between c. 1276-1178 BCE, concentrating their efforts especially on Egypt. They are considered one of the major contributing causes to the Bronze Age Collapse (c. 1250-c.1150 BCE) and were once regarded as the primary cause.
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1300 BCE - 1150 BCEEgyptian sources name Lycia as the Lukka Lands and as part of a confederacy of 'Sea Peoples'.
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c. 1200 BCESea Peoples invade the Levant.
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c. 1190 BCEUgarit is destroyed by the Sea Peoples.
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c. 1187 BCEKadesh is destroyed by the Sea Peoples and subsequently vanishes from history.
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1180 BCEThe Sea Peoples begin increased incursions into Egypt.
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1180 BCE - 1178 BCERamesses III of the 20th Dynasty fortifies Xois against the threat of the invading Sea Peoples.
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1178 BCERamesses III defends Egypt from the Sea Peoples on the shores at Xois, defeating them completely.
