causal hypothesis · HYP-UGARIT-CASCADE
Food stress, imperial extraction, dispersed defence, and attack at Ugarit
Ugarit's vulnerability increased through food shortage and Hittite grain demands while military resources were committed elsewhere, making violent attack more damaging.
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Research assessment
statement
Ugarit's vulnerability increased through food shortage and Hittite grain demands while military resources were committed elsewhere, making violent attack more damaging.Research description
The food and tribute mechanism is textually supported and warfare is archaeologically supported, but the exact attackers and full sequence remain uncertain.
Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
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Other source context
- informs · supports food and tribute link
Grain Tribute in Hittite Syria and the Fall of Ugarit — Yoram Cohen, Eduardo Torrecilla (2023) - informs · supports warfare endpoint
Destruction at the End of the Late Bronze Age in Syria: A Reassessment — Jesse Michael Millek (2019)