Sea Peoples

The Demolishing in the 12th century in and how bad it destroyed the important cities along with killing a lot for people can be led back to a group of people known as “the sea people”, the impact of this brought about the death of Merneptah.This was a period that brought about the movement of a lot of people known as settlers which included the Israelites, Midianites and Ammonites. The migration of people from different places and different cultures brought about the attraction of “The sea people”. Furthermore, there was not a lot of facts known about the sea people at first, the group was described as being mysterious about their way of life. They were not really open when it came to relating with people from other backgrounds which, left…

Yet the Egyptians also use the term Ekwesh which can possibly be related to Achaean. They are also referred to as having come from Argos due to the relation of the Hero-race. “As Danaos, the name-hero of the race, was King of Rhodes and Argos, these sea-Danaoi may have been Rhodian Argives” (Morritt, 2010, p 23) . Argos was a place of maritime occupation, its harbors facilitated cultural interaction which has been the catalyst to change in language and civilizations. Even though the last three…

movies, Moana, revolves around Polynesian culture and the myths of the island of Tahiti. I always wanted to learn more about her ethnicity and heritage; this book provided me with a great variety of information. Christina Thompson’s book Sea People: The Puzzle of the Polynesian deep dives into the Pacific geography, Polynesia and its people, and European discoveries. It explores their greatest sea powers as well as their greatest sea people. Thompson meticulously uncovers enthralling questions…

At almost every instance that the poem refers to the Hittites or any of their allies, they are met with negative and derogatory terms. A common example of this in the poem is, “vanquished chief of Kheta” and “wretched chief of Kheta” (Breasted 1988: 144,149). These terms however were oddly omitted from Kitchen’s translation of the passages (Kitchen 1982: 56). Furthermore, they are visually represented as looking different from the Egyptians in terms of their clothing, complexion, and chariot…

"Yashiro Shrine is dedicated to Watatsumi-no-Mikoto, god of the sea. […] the inhabitants should be devout worshippers of this god. They are forever praying for calm seas…" (4, par. 2, chp.1) The islanders are so gracious for the ocean, that they made a shrine of a sea god to represent the seas that surround the island. The islanders have been devoted to their faith in order to receive a sense of reassurance. They pray in hopes to please the sea god that they worship in order to gain pleasant…

Ocean Pollution Over half of sea turtles have ingested an outrageous amount of plastic and lots of them have even died from the marine pollution that's getting put into the ocean. A lot of animals are getting killed/injured by ocean pollution and its not just litter that's harming them. Many chemicals can also be released from runoff or even marine mammal carcasses. One of the animals that is getting harmed by the litter is sea turtles. A large amount of sea turtles are getting killed by eating…

speaker also compares the worries of land to the peacefulness of the sea.This poem is about the death and afterlife that takes place under the sea and the peace that comes with it. The theme is about how above the ocean the waves are crazy and chaotic, but under the ocean it’s peaceful and calm, and the seamen who have died at sea are at the bottom peacefully at rest. The ocean is a frightful place, unfathomable, where many people have gone and few returned. .It mainly talks about the calmness…

Falls”: The cycle of life I chose the poem “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls ” by , because it spoke to me. For some odd reason the tone of the poem really just interested me and quote on quote, “..the sea of darkness calls/.” Like the poem is symbolizing, people come and go constantly but no one lives forever. The meaning of the poem is symbolized by the ocean. In other words, the ocean symbolizes death. Just like how a person is unable to stop death, they are also unable to stop the ocean. By…

In the movie Moana by Ron Clements & John Musker takes place on a little island called motuni, where moana is told by her grandmother that she has a destiny greater than she could possibly think. She embarks on an adventure of her life that helps her to find who she is and the meaning of life. The animated movie was released on november 23, 2016 and was 1h 47m long and it touched audience everywhere. The movie Moana was set at the end of that era, about two thousand years ago, on a fictional…

Ocean pollution, also known as marine pollution, is the spreading of harmful substances such as oil, plastic, industrial and agricultural waste and chemical particles into the ocean. Most of the sources of the marine pollution are land base activities. Marine pollution has numerous effects on marine animals, plants and human. Therefore, it is important to understand the cause and effect of the ocean pollution, and what people can do to solve this problem. The source of marine pollution is…