| 单词 | peoples of the sea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPeoples of the Sea Peoples of the Sea n. any of various seaborne migrant peoples described in Egyptian records of the 19th and 20th Dynasties, who invaded and settled parts of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine. Cf. Sea People n. at sea n. Compounds 6a. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > peoples of the sea > [noun] Peoples of the Sea1896 Sea People1928 1896 Classical Rev. 10 356/1 We have a strong tradition that the Philistines of South Syria were..allied to the ‘peoples of the sea’. 1906 J. H. Breasted Hist. Egypt vi. xxiii. 477 The restless and turbulent peoples of the northern Mediterranean, whom the Egyptians designated the ‘peoples of the sea’, were showing themselves in ever increasing numbers in the south. 1950 H. L. Lorimer Homer & Monuments v. 150 On the monuments of Ramses III the most conspicuous of the Peoples of the Sea, the Shardana and Pulesati, are uniformly represented with round shields with single hand-grips. 1995 J. M. Modrzejewski & R. Cornman Jews of Egypt Chron. Table 233 Mineptah, 1212-1202, fought the Libyans and the Peoples of the Sea. < as lemmas |
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