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The Philistines

The Ancients

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The History of the Aegean-Mysenian Empire

The only group of so-called sea peoples, where we have clear evidence of a new culture appearing sometime around 1200 is the Philistines. This is more or less the time of big changes in Anatolia. For example, if we want to place the Trojan War in some historical context, it's probably around this time,. The Hittite Empire basically implodes, and in Canaan we see various cities abandoned or destroyed.

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