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       The Sea Peoples and the First European Mercenaries
       By: guest55 Date: May 25, 2022, 3:27 pm
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       The Sea Peoples and the First European Mercenaries
       [quote]Could these warriors be related in some way to the Sea
       Peoples? And if so were they to blame for the Bronze Age
       Collapse?
       Bronze Age mercenaries emerged in Europe in the 13th century BC.
       These men were part of a new highly mobile warrior class,
       equipped with innovative weapons and armour. They came from as
       far afield as Scandinavia, central Europe, Italy and the Balkans
       and they took service across Europe but especially in Mycenaean
       Greece, the eastern Mediterranean and even beyond.
       Their emergence heralded a new militarism in Europe which
       immediately preceded the devastation of the twelfth century BC.
       NB: the map at 3.20 is incorrect. It is not Sund, Sotra but
       Sund, Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag[/quote]
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       The Terramare Culture and the Bronze Age Collapse
       [quote]In Bronze Age northern Italy the Terramare culture
       thrived for centuries until one day in about 1200 BC, the
       population of 120,00 people disappeared.
       This was the same era as the Late Bronze Age collapse, when the
       mysterious Sea Peoples invaded the Near East and destroyed so
       many ancient civilisations, leading to the first great dark age
       in history.
       Were the people of the Terramare culture involved in some way?
       Were they also the victims of climatic changes and foreign
       invasions that wiped them out?
       Or were they perhaps one of the perpetrators? Could they in fact
       be one of the Sea Peoples?
       This is the mystery of the Terramare culture.[/quote]
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       Are these Ancient Horned Figures Connected?
       [quote]Figures wearing horned helmets are depicted in
       Scandinavian rock art, on stelae in the Iberian Peninsula, and
       menhirs on Corsica. And horned helmets feature on statuettes
       from Zealand, Sardinia, and Cyprus, on wall decorations of the
       Sea People on reliefs in Egypt before the Bronze Age collapse,
       and on the Mycenaean Warrior Vase.
       Clearly, horned helmets were widely distributed during this
       period of the Bronze Age.
       But why? What do they mean? And are they connected in some way?
       In this video we’re taking an epic voyage through the European
       Bronze Age in the 12th century BC from Scandinavia to the
       Iberian Peninsula and across the Mediterranean to the east in
       search of the horned helmets of traders, warriors, kings, and
       gods.[/quote]
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       Did European Pirates Cause the Bronze Age Collapse?
       [quote]Pirates of the Bronze Age Mediterranean raided ships and
       settlements throughout the era but especially during the period
       of the Late Bronze Age Collapse.
       In fact, the mysterious Sea Peoples who invaded and raided the
       civilizations of the Near East were themselves pirates based on
       the islands of the eastern Mediterranean.
       These pirates also raided the tombs of more ancient peoples
       around the Mediterranean and took the wealth within back to
       their bases in the Aegean, the Adriatic and even further afield.
       [/quote]
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