The Nameless Army of 1177 BCE: Who Brought Down Egypt and Babylon?
Around 1177 BCE, major cities around the Mediterranean and the Near East began to burn, empty, or lose their written institutions. Hattusa, the Hittite capital in central Anatolia, stopped being a centre of power. Ugarit, a wealthy port on the Syrian coast, was burned and never rebuilt. Several Mycenaean palaces in Greece collapsed. Egypt survived, but it had to fight a major battle at the Nile Delta against people t
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Around 1177 BCE, major cities around the Mediterranean and the Near East began to burn, empty, or lose their written institutions. Hattusa, the Hittite capital in central Anatolia, stopped being a centre of power. Ugarit, a wealthy port on the Syrian coast, was burned and never rebuilt. Several Mycenaean palaces in Greece collapsed. Egypt survived, but it had to fight a major battle at the Nile Delta against people travelling by ship and wagon.
Around 1177 BCE, major cities around the Mediterranean and the Near East began to burn, empty, or lose their written institutions. Hattusa, the Hittite capital in central Anatolia, stopped being a centre of power. Ugarit, a wealthy port on the Syrian coast, was burned and never rebuilt. Several Mycenaean palaces in Greece collapsed. Egypt survived, but it had to fight a major battle at the Nile Delta against people t
Around 1177 BCE, major cities around the Mediterranean and the Near East began to burn, empty, or lose their written institutions. Hattusa, the Hittite capital in central Anatolia, stopped being a centre of power. Ugarit, a wealthy port on the Syrian coast, was burned and never rebuilt. Several Mycenaean palaces in Greece collapsed. Egypt survived, but it had to fight a major battle at the Nile Delta against people t
Around 1177 BCE, major cities around the Mediterranean and the Near East began to burn, empty, or lose their written institutions. Hattusa, the Hittite capital in central Anatolia, stopped being a centre of power. Ugarit, a wealthy port on the Syrian coast, was burned and never rebuilt. Several Mycenaean palaces in Greece collapsed. Egypt survived, but it had to fight a major battle at the Nile Delta against people t
Around 1177 BCE, major cities around the Mediterranean and the Near East began to burn, empty, or lose their written institutions. Hattusa, the Hittite capital in central Anatolia, stopped being a centre of power. Ugarit, a wealthy port on the Syrian coast, was burned and never rebuilt. Several Mycenaean palaces in Greece collapsed. Egypt survived, but it had to fight a major battle at the Nile Delta against people t