The Sea Peoples: The Ancient Mystery That Stumped Historians For Centuries — And What Modern Science Finally Revealed About Who They Really Were
Whatever the specific combination of causes, the effect was a near-total disruption of the interconnected Bronze Age world.
The Mercenary Tradition And Its Implications
One of the most complicating aspects of the Sea Peoples story is the evidence that many of the named groups had served as mercenaries in the armies of the very civilizations they were later said to be attacking.
The Shardana (Sherden) provide the clearest case.
They appear in Egyptian records as early as the reign of Ramesses II — before the great crisis of the Bronze Age Collapse — as mercenary warriors in Egyptian service.
Ramesses II’s famous account of the Battle of Kadesh (1274 BCE), against the Hittites, mentions Shardana troops among his forces.
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