claim · claim_ugarit_assault_not_attacker_identity
Ugarit was probably destroyed in an armed assault, but the archaeological evidence does not by itself identify a unified Sea Peoples force as the attacker.
Ugarit was probably destroyed in an armed assault, but the archaeological evidence does not by itself identify a unified Sea Peoples force as the attacker.
Review and provenance
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Recorded dataset maintenance date: 2026-08-11.
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Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · supports
‘Our City Is Sacked. May You Know It!’ The Destruction of Ugarit and Its Environs by the Sea Peoples — Jesse Michael Millek (2020)Supports the claim: Ugarit was probably destroyed in an armed assault, but the archaeological evidence does not by itself identify a unified Sea Peoples force as the attacker.
- supports · supports
Destruction at the End of the Late Bronze Age in Syria: A Reassessment — Jesse Michael Millek (2019)Supports the claim: Ugarit was probably destroyed in an armed assault, but the archaeological evidence does not by itself identify a unified Sea Peoples force as the attacker.
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