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They desolated its people, and its land was like that which
had never come into being." [narrator] The date of these
inscriptions is around 1180 BC, [narrator] The date of these
inscriptions is around 1180 BC, just 20 years after that
key date of 1200 BC. And according to Ramses, all the
other great powers fell to the Sea People. Not only the Mycenaeans but
also the Hittites in Turkiye and Syria, and the Canaanites
in Israel and Palestine. Only he was able to
repel them, he claimed. [Salima] They were extraordinarily
strong, devastating people that [Salima] They were extraordinarily
strong, devastating people that pillaged, raped, looted, and devastated
the entire Eastern Mediterranean
had never come into being." [narrator] The date of these
inscriptions is around 1180 BC, [narrator] The date of these
inscriptions is around 1180 BC, just 20 years after that
key date of 1200 BC. And according to Ramses, all the
other great powers fell to the Sea People. Not only the Mycenaeans but
also the Hittites in Turkiye and Syria, and the Canaanites
in Israel and Palestine. Only he was able to
repel them, he claimed. [Salima] They were extraordinarily
strong, devastating people that [Salima] They were extraordinarily
strong, devastating people that pillaged, raped, looted, and devastated
the entire Eastern Mediterranean
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They desolated its people,
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and its land was like that which
had never come into being."
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[narrator] The date of these
inscriptions is around 1180 BC,
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[narrator] The date of these
inscriptions is around 1180 BC,
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just 20 years after that
key date of 1200 BC.
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And according to Ramses, all the
other great powers fell to the Sea People.
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Not only the Mycenaeans but
also the Hittites in Turkiye and Syria,
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and the Canaanites
in Israel and Palestine.
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Only he was able to
repel them, he claimed.
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[Salima] They were extraordinarily
strong, devastating people that
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[Salima] They were extraordinarily
strong, devastating people that
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pillaged, raped, looted, and devastated
the entire Eastern Mediterranean.
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Movie Summary
This two hour special explore the mysterious and catastrophic collapse of ancient civilizations during the late Bronze Age, from the Hittites to the Mycenaeans and the Egyptians, revealing the tumultuous events that brought an end...