204 SEA PEOPLES OF THE BRONZE AGE Mediterranean c.1400 BC-1000 BC

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Features the latest historical and archaeological research into the mysterious and powerful confederations of raiders who troubled the Eastern Mediterranean in the last half of the Bronze Age, including the so-called Shardana, Shekelesh, Danuna, Lukka, Peleset, and other peoples.

However, it is known that they both provided the Egyptian pharaohs with mercenaries, and were listed among Egypt's enemies and invaders. They contributed to the collapse of several civilizations through their dreaded piracy and raids, and their waves of attacks were followed by major migrations that changed the face of this region, from modern Libya and Cyprus to the Aegean, mainland Greece, Lebanon, and Anatolian Turkey.

Drawing on carved inscriptions and papyrus documents - mainly from Egypt - dating from the 15th-11th centuries BC, as well as carved reliefs of the Medinet Habu, this title reconstructs the formidable appearance and tactics of the famous 'Sea Peoples.'