The Bronze Age Collapse: History’s First Apocalypse. Who Were the Sea Peoples?

The Bronze Age Collapse: History’s First Apocalypse. Who Were the Sea Peoples?

Published: July 2, 2026

Duration: 10:41

Around 1200 BCE, advanced civilizations across the Mediterranean suddenly collapsed. Cities burned, empires vanished, and trade networks disappeared. At the center of this chaos were the mysterious Sea Peoples Invasions—a group of unknown origin that attacked by land and sea, leaving destruction in their wake.
In this episode of The Strange History Podcast, we explore the fall of the Bronze Age, the destruction of the Hittite Empire, the collapse of Mycenaean Greece, and the survival of Egypt under Ramesses III. Who were the Sea Peoples? Were they invaders, refugees, or something more complex?
We break down the historical ev...