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Scribes
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The Egyptian Model
Egyptian scribes utilized papyrus, reed pens, and soot-based inks, developing highly standardized hieroglyphic and hieratic scripts. By the New Kingdom, scribal education emphasized the production of literary works and extensive bureaucratic records. A notable, though now discredited, theory posits that the distinc… -
Sea Peoples
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The Sea Peoples refer to a confederation of disparate maritime groups, principally active in the Eastern Mediterranean region during the late Bronze Age, circa the late 13th and early 12th centuries BCE. They are primarily known through hostile—and often hyperbolic—contemporary Egyptian inscriptions, most notably those detailing the campaigns of Ramesses III. Their arrival coincided with a period of widespread systemic instability often termed the…