Sea Raiders in the Amarna Letters?

The Amarna corpus contains several references to maritime conflict and related activities in the 14 th century BCE, including blockades, the movement of troops, the capturing of ships at sea, and seaborne evacuation. While most of these are encountered in the context of conflicts between Levantine p...

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Main Author: Emanuel, Jeffrey P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2020
In: Altorientalische Forschungen
Year: 2020, Volume: 47, Issue: 1, Pages: 34-47
Further subjects:B Arwad
B naval warfare
B miši
B Amarna
B Piracy
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