Sea Peoples

The bachelor thesis deals with the Sea peoples, who were threatening much of the eastern Mediterranean shores during the 12th century BC. At first, it is focused on individual ethnic groups of the Sea peoples, on their disunity, diversity and origin. Further on, this thesis deals with historical sources of information about the Sea peoples, predominantly the Egyptian reliefs found in Medinet Habu. In the following chapters I am trying to describe material culture of the Sea peoples and its relations to the Central Europe. In the conclusion there are pointed out the consequences of the crisis in the 12th century BC, which might or might not be caused by the Sea Peoples. Keywords Sea peoples, Ramesse III, Egypt, Philistine