entity · term_sea_peoples
Sea Peoples
Modern umbrella for differently named groups in Egyptian and other records, not one ancient self-designated ethnicity, state, or migration.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1250 BCE–1100 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides primary evidence
Medinet Habu, Volume I: Earlier Historical Records of Ramses III — The Epigraphic Survey (1930)Shows one changing list.
Locator: Year 8 source-specific list - informs · critiques interpretation
Telling Stories: The Mycenaean Origins of the Philistines — Guy D. Middleton (2015)Shows modern narrative construction.
Locator: origin-narrative critique
Research description
Modern umbrella for differently named groups in Egyptian and other records, not one ancient self-designated ethnicity, state, or migration. Website labels and tooltips must display the source date and meaning rather than normalize all periods into one identity.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides primary evidence
Medinet Habu, Volume I: Earlier Historical Records of Ramses III — The Epigraphic Survey (1930)Shows one changing list.
Locator: Year 8 source-specific list - informs · critiques interpretation
Telling Stories: The Mycenaean Origins of the Philistines — Guy D. Middleton (2015)Shows modern narrative construction.
Locator: origin-narrative critique
Referenced records
- Southern Levant · entity