Sea People are Minoans
Excerpt:
In 1200 BCE, the Great Powers (Egypt, the Hittites, Mycenaean Greeks, and Babylonians) were part of a “Globalized” economy. They didn’t just trade; they were mutually dependent.
The Bronze Age: Bronze requires copper (plentiful) and tin (extremely rare). Tin often travelled thousands of miles from places like modern-day Afghanistan or Cornwall to reach the Mediterranean. If one trade route was cut, the entire military-industrial complex of the era stopped. (Interestingly, some of Cornwall’s old tin mines are now being reopened as lithium and tungsten/Wolfram mines.)
The Modern Parallel: Think of our reliance on semiconductors, lithium and oil. A “hiccup” in the Taiwan Strait or a blockage in the Suez Canal or Strait of Hormuz for oil and energy creates a “bullwhip effect” that disrupts everything from car manufacturing to smartphone availability to delivery drivers and fertilisers and food supply.
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