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Centaurs and Cavalry: How the Sea Peoples Shaped Mediterranean Warfare

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Centaurs and Cavalry: How the Sea Peoples Shaped Mediterranean Warfare

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The LBA Collapse and the Invasion of Sea People is one of the most popular topics of both archaeology and ancient history. There have been numerous hypothesis and arguments on the subject, most of them questioning the success of so-called barbarians to defeat strong and well-organized states of Mediterranean and near-east. It was at first believed that the main variable to be the use of iron. But obviously the LBA cultures were using iron well before the invasion and even the Hittite King was referred as the “Man on the Iron Throne” and the letters discuss the iron trade between Hittite and Egypt is also known. Even prior to this evidence, it was absurd to imagine that so-called barbarians to be technically more advanced that the Mediterranean Cultures. Drews (1993) came up with a new hypothesis few decades ago, to suggest that the collapse cannot be explained with only one reason; and he was obviously right on that. His various explanations were earthquakes, migrations, again iron crafting, drought, system collapse and raiders (Drews 1993). And his explanation on the military success of the invaders was the mass numbers of troops against the highly expensive chariot armies of the organized states. The hypothesis of this paper depends on a new corelation between appearance of centaur depictions in Mediterranean and the Invasion of Sea People leading to the introduction of a new unit in the armies of the region: the cavalry.

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Yayımlanma Tarihi

30 Aralık 2025

Gönderilme Tarihi

5 Ağustos 2025

Kabul Tarihi

10 Ekim 2025

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2025 Cilt: 15 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Kan, M. H. (2025). Centaurs and Cavalry: How the Sea Peoples Shaped Mediterranean Warfare. Akdeniz İnsani Bilimler Dergisi, 15(2), 253-263. https://doi.org/10.13114/mjh.1759133
AMA
1.Kan MH. Centaurs and Cavalry: How the Sea Peoples Shaped Mediterranean Warfare. MJH. 2025;15(2):253-263. doi:10.13114/mjh.1759133
Chicago
Kan, M. Hamdi. 2025. “Centaurs and Cavalry: How the Sea Peoples Shaped Mediterranean Warfare”. Akdeniz İnsani Bilimler Dergisi 15 (2): 253-63. https://doi.org/10.13114/mjh.1759133.
EndNote
Kan MH (01 Aralık 2025) Centaurs and Cavalry: How the Sea Peoples Shaped Mediterranean Warfare. Akdeniz İnsani Bilimler Dergisi 15 2 253–263.
IEEE
[1]M. H. Kan, “Centaurs and Cavalry: How the Sea Peoples Shaped Mediterranean Warfare”, MJH, c. 15, sy 2, ss. 253–263, Ara. 2025, doi: 10.13114/mjh.1759133.
ISNAD
Kan, M. Hamdi. “Centaurs and Cavalry: How the Sea Peoples Shaped Mediterranean Warfare”. Akdeniz İnsani Bilimler Dergisi 15/2 (01 Aralık 2025): 253-263. https://doi.org/10.13114/mjh.1759133.
JAMA
1.Kan MH. Centaurs and Cavalry: How the Sea Peoples Shaped Mediterranean Warfare. MJH. 2025;15:253–263.
MLA
Kan, M. Hamdi. “Centaurs and Cavalry: How the Sea Peoples Shaped Mediterranean Warfare”. Akdeniz İnsani Bilimler Dergisi, c. 15, sy 2, Aralık 2025, ss. 253-6, doi:10.13114/mjh.1759133.
Vancouver
1.M. Hamdi Kan. Centaurs and Cavalry: How the Sea Peoples Shaped Mediterranean Warfare. MJH. 01 Aralık 2025;15(2):253-6. doi:10.13114/mjh.1759133

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