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Conflict Middle East

Sea Peoples Invasions

1208 BCE – 1178 BCE · 30 years

A coalition of seafaring peoples attacked and destroyed multiple Bronze Age civilisations. The Hittite Empire collapsed, Egypt was severely weakened, and the Late Bronze Age Collapse reshaped the ancient world.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Sea Peoples coalition
  • Egypt, Hittites & eastern Mediterranean states

Key moments

Defining events in the Sea Peoples Invasions.

  1. c. 1178 BC Battle of the Delta
  2. c. 1178 BC Battle of Djahy
  3. Destruction of Ugarit

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Middle East

Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Egypt

Attested 3000 BCE – 2026 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Nile River Trade

3000 BCE – 30 BCE

Conflict · Middle East

Elamite–Babylonian Wars

1764 BCE – 1150 BCE

Landmark · Middle East

Dead Sea

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Saba

Attested 1500 BCE – 100 BCE

Trade route · Middle East

Mesopotamian Trade Network

3000 BCE – 500 BCE

Conflict · Middle East

Kassite Conquest of Babylon

1595 BCE – 1155 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1208 BCE and 1178 BCE.

1200 BCE Ha'amonga 'a Maui 1200 BCE Sardis 1200 BCE Sanxingdui 1194 BCE Trojan War & Late Bronze Age Conflicts

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Ha'amonga 'a Maui Landmark · Americas 1200 BCE – still standing Celts Polity · Europe Founded 1200 BCE · attested to 100 BCE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Trojan War & Late Bronze Age Conflicts Conflict · Europe 1194 BCE – 1184 BCE Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Celltic Hallsatt culture Polity · Europe 1199 BCE – 400 BCE
Image credits3 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Great Pyramid of GizaDouwe C. van der Zee · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of EgyptDerived from Part IV Article (223) of the Constitution of The Arab Republic of Egypt. Col… · Public domain
  • Dead Seaلا روسا · CC BY-SA 4.0