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The historical narrative stems primarily from seven Ancient Egyptian sources [18] and although in these inscriptions the designation "of the sea" does not appear in relation to all of these peoples, [15] [17] the term "Sea Peoples" is commonly used in modern publications to refer to the following nine peoples.
The Peleset (Egyptian: pwrꜣsꜣtj) or Pulasati are a people appearing in fragmentary historical and iconographic records in ancient Egyptian from the Eastern Mediterranean in the late 2nd millennium BCE. They are hypothesised to have been one of the several ethnic groups of which the invading Sea Peoples were said to be composed
The Sherden in battle as depicted at Medinet Habu. The Sherden (Egyptian: šrdn, šꜣrdꜣnꜣ or šꜣrdynꜣ; Ugaritic: šrdnn(m) and trtn(m); possibly Akkadian: šêrtânnu; also glossed "Shardana" or "Sherdanu") are one of the several ethnic groups the Sea Peoples were said to be composed of, appearing in fragmentary historical and iconographic records (ancient Egyptian and Ugaritic) from ...
The Denyen (Egyptian: dꜣjnjnjw) is purported to be one of the groups constituting the Sea Peoples. They were raiders associated with the Eastern Mediterranean Dark Ages who attacked Egypt in 1207 BC in alliance with the Libyans and other Sea Peoples, as well as during the reign of Ramesses III. [2]
The Shasu had become so powerful during this period that they could even cut off Egypt's northern routes for a while. This, in turn, prompted vigorous punitive campaigns by Ramesses II and his son Merneptah. After Egyptian abandonment, Canaanite city-states came under the mercy of the Shasu and the ʿAbiru, who were seen as 'mighty enemies'. [3]
The Weshesh (Egyptian: wꜣšꜣšꜣ, wꜣšš) were one of the several ethnic groups the Sea Peoples were said to be composed of, appearing in fragmentary historical and iconographic records in ancient Egyptian from the Eastern Mediterranean in the late 2nd millennium BC.
Four bodies have reportedly been recovered from a tourist yacht that capsized off Egypt’s Red Sea coast on Monday, Nov. 25. The bodies were recovered from the Sea Story on the morning of Tuesday ...
Furthermore, the Sea Peoples grew into a bigger problem and ultimately contributed to the Late Bronze Age collapse. An especially large foreign invasion of Egypt took place around 1174 BC. Even though these Sea Peoples attacks were stopped at the twin battles of Djahy and the Delta by Ramesses III, Egypt subsequently declined. [19] [20]