The Sea Peoples (I)
A History of Mankind (41)
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Historians have long spoken of the “Sea Peoples” that hit the Fertile Crescent's shores in great numbers in the early 12th century BC and, after decades of intense raids and much destruction, triggered the collapse of the Hittite Empire.
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