Bronze Age World

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Publication: Princeton University Press
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myth interpretation Sea Peoples as one coordinated nation that caused the entire Bronze Age collapse
Unsupported explanationConfidence in this assessment: highConfidence in this assessment, not in the proposed story
informs · reviews systems and sea peoples debate · Sea Peoples and multicausal collapse discussion
Supports rejection of a single-cause model.
supports · reviews systems and Sea Peoples debate · Sea Peoples and multicausal collapse discussion
Supports rejection of a single-cause model.
date assertion Mycenaean palatial systems — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides world context · Mycenaean and eastern Mediterranean systems
Supports broad chronology and networks.
event Minoan palatial systems and eastern Mediterranean exchange
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides world context · Aegean and eastern Mediterranean interaction overview
Supports broad network context.
event Mycenaean palatial systems
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides world context · Mycenaean and eastern Mediterranean systems
Supports broad chronology and networks.
date assertion Minoan palatial systems and eastern Mediterranean exchange — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides world context · Aegean and eastern Mediterranean interaction overview
Supports broad network context.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
supports · reviews systems and Sea Peoples debate · Sea Peoples and multicausal collapse discussion
Supports rejection of a single-cause model.
relationship Research record — proposed memory of
Evidence confidence: high
supports · reviews systems and Sea Peoples debate · Sea Peoples and multicausal collapse discussion
Supports rejection of a single-cause model.
claim Sea Peoples labels in Egyptian royal sources do not describe one homogeneous nation with a single origin or migration route.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports claim · Sea Peoples and systems debate
Supports the claim and its qualifications.