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During the reign of the Pharaoh Ramesses III (1194-1163 BCE) the Sea Peoples attacked and destroyed the Egyptian trading center at Kadesh (in modern day Syria) and then again attempted an invasion of Egypt and Kadesh vanishes from history.
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Ramesses III of the 20th Dynasty fortifies Xois against the threat of the invading Sea Peoples.
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The EndRamesses then set up ambushes along the coast and the Nile and made especially effective use of his archers, positioning them hidden along the shoreline to rain down arrows on the ships at his signal, once they were in range. Once the ships' complement was dead or drowning the ships were set afire with flaming arrows and the Sea Peoples were finally defeated off the city of Xois in 1178 BC.
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Kadesh is destroyed by the Sea Peoples and vanishes from history.
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Ugarit (Sea port city in Northern Levant) is destroyed by by the Sea Peoples
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The Sea Peoples invade the Levant
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The Sea Peoples are mentioned as allies of the Hittites by Ramesses II in his record of the Battle of Kadesh in 1274 BCE
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