The Coming of the Sea Peoples: A New Interpretation of the Fall of Late Bronze Age Civilizations in the Near East
This paper discusses the role that the arrival of migrants and warriors from the Black Sea to Scandinavia region played in upsetting the balance of power in the Near East towards the end of the Late Bronze Age around 1200 B.C. The paper examines the arguments and evidence presented in Neil Silberman's "The Coming of the Sea Peoples" underscoring Silberman's major points and arguments.