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Sep 8, 1163
Sea Peoples attack Kadesh (1163) BC
During the reign of the Pharaoh Ramesses III (1194-1163 BCE) the Sea Peoples attacked and destroyed the Egyptian trading center at Kadesh (in modern day Syria) and then again attempted an invasion of Egypt and Kadesh vanishes from history. -
Period: Sep 8, 1163 to Jan 1, 1276
Almost nothing but the Navy of the sea peoples is known.
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Period: Oct 4, 1178 to Oct 5, 1180
Fortification of Xois
Ramesses III of the 20th Dynasty fortifies Xois against the threat of the invading Sea Peoples. -
Oct 9, 1178
Sea Peoples are defeated
The EndRamesses then set up ambushes along the coast and the Nile and made especially effective use of his archers, positioning them hidden along the shoreline to rain down arrows on the ships at his signal, once they were in range. Once the ships' complement was dead or drowning the ships were set afire with flaming arrows and the Sea Peoples were finally defeated off the city of Xois in 1178 BC. -
Oct 5, 1187
Kadesh is erased
Kadesh is destroyed by the Sea Peoples and vanishes from history. -
Jul 23, 1190
Ugarit is destroyed by the Sea Peoples (1190) BC
Ugarit (Sea port city in Northern Levant) is destroyed by by the Sea Peoples -
Jun 16, 1200
Sea Peoples invade the Levant (1200) BC
The Sea Peoples invade the Levant -
Aug 10, 1274
Sea peoples allie with the Hittites
The Sea Peoples are mentioned as allies of the Hittites by Ramesses II in his record of the Battle of Kadesh in 1274 BCE -
