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In the coastal city of Ugarit, the merchant-prince Ammurapi stared at the horizon. His warehouses were full of grain, yet his people were hungry. Drought had gripped the Anatolian interior, and the Hittite Empire—the northern titan—was begging for shipments to stave off famine.

As the dust of the Seevölkersturm settled, the world was unrecognizable. The grand, centralized bureaucracies were gone, replaced by a "Dark Age" of smaller, localized cultures. Der spГ¤tbronzezeitliche SeevГ¶lkersturm: Ein For...

When the Seevölkersturm hit the Levant, it was absolute. Ugarit, the crown jewel of trade, was put to the torch. Ammurapi’s last letter to the King of Cyprus was found centuries later in the ruins: "The enemy ships are here... the cities are burned... we are alone." The Gates of Egypt In the coastal city of Ugarit, the merchant-prince