Bronze Age World

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Type: journal_article
Publication: Studia Eblaitica, vol. 5, 157-190
Peer reviewed: Yes

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property Destruction by warfare
informs · defines site assessment criteria · Ugarit reassessment, pp. 160 onward
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · establishes destruction and warfare interpretation · pp. 160-161; Ugarit section
event Violent destruction of Ugarit
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · establishes destruction and warfare interpretation · pp. 160-161; Ugarit section
date assertion Violent destruction of Ugarit — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · establishes destruction and warfare interpretation · pp. 160-161; Ugarit section
event Disintegration of the Hittite imperial system
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides continuity and destruction controls in Syria
date assertion Disintegration of the Hittite imperial system — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides continuity and destruction controls in Syria
entity Ugarit
informs · provides destruction assessment
property assignment Ugarit — underwent — Destruction by warfare
Evidence confidence: high
informs · supports assignment · Ugarit section, weapons and destruction evidence
causal hypothesis One unified Sea Peoples invasion destroyed the eastern Mediterranean
Unsupported explanationConfidence in this assessment: very lowConfidence in this assessment, not in the proposed story
informs · supports site level control cases
causal hypothesis Regionally staggered multi-causal cascade
Evidence confidence: very high
informs · supports site specific warfare and continuity
causal hypothesis Food stress, imperial extraction, dispersed defence, and attack at Ugarit
Evidence confidence: moderate to high
informs · supports warfare endpoint
claim Ugarit was probably destroyed in warfare, but the identity of the attackers is not established.
Evidence confidence: high for warfare low for perpetrator
supports · supports
claim There was no single, securely demonstrated, synchronous destruction horizon across the eastern Mediterranean around 1200 BCE.
Evidence confidence: very high
supports · supports with regional site assessment