Is “Skull and Bones” really an ancient pirate ?

In the world of “Skull and Bones,” there is a faction called the “Sea People,” who we work with to deliver quests to. There is no specific national or ethnic name, and even in English they are called “Sea People.” At first glance, you might think they are of African descent, but they are a mysterious group of people who are asking for a map of the 12 constellations associated with Greece.

Who the hell are they? The clues can be found in world history. This is because, despite their importance in the history of the Mediterranean, there existed an unidentified group known only as the “Sea Peoples.”

Although the specific name “Sea People” was not given until modern times, there are many records of people being attacked by groups on ships on the Mediterranean coast around the 12th century BC. Reliefs from ancient Egypt depict the pharaoh Rameses III repelling them, and it is thought that they were such a great military threat that the battle against the Sea Peoples was cited as a military achievement. Masu. They did not have a large base, and traveled by sea, raiding cities one after another and carrying out large-scale plunder.

According to Egyptian records, the captured Sea Peoples were a multi-ethnic group from Turkey to Greece to Italy . It is not known whether there was a person who led the group, and there is no evidence that they had a specific territory. However, the existence of the “Sea Peoples” can only be discovered indirectly through the frequent attacks of large groups in the Mediterranean Sea during that period, and the destruction of cities in Turkey and Greece. Textbooks from a while back said that it destroyed the Mycenaean civilization and the Hittites, but even if it wasn’t to that extent, it was definitely one of the factors that led to the weakening of the nation.

In recent years, this theory has become popular: a group of mixed ethnic groups without a leader, who may have been refugees fleeing a disaster. Around 1,200 BC was a period of successive natural disasters known as the “Late Bronze Age collapse” (catastrophes of 1,200 BC), and even before the People of the Sea, situations that shook the nation, such as huge earthquakes accompanied by liquefaction, were occurring frequently. It seems like it was.

In Egypt, food rations have been delayed and citizens have gone on strike due to intermittent droughts. According to the world’s oldest strike record, the Strike Papyrus, in the 29th year of his reign (around 1157 BC), workers staged a sit-in in front of Thutmose III’s tomb, and rations were finally distributed about a week later. It seems that it has been damaged. A total of four strikes were carried out during the reign of Ramesses III, and Rameses III was assassinated due to internal political turmoil. As a result, the New Kingdom of Egypt declined and fell into a state of disintegration.

In Turkey, where the Hittites were, a long drought lasting three years has been confirmed, from 1198 BC to 1196 BC, and the Hittites collapsed shortly after that, around 1180 BC. It is thought that serious food shortages occurred due to the impact on agriculture. The catastrophe of 1,200 BC caused the simultaneous decline of several countries, including the Hittites and the Mycenaean civilization of Greece, and the effects of these disasters may have spread throughout the Mediterranean. As trade was active at the time, the food supply chain may have been disrupted, and no region would have relied on the granaries of the Eastern Mediterranean.

People who fled from there formed groups that raided the area in search of food. With no hope of growing crops, they had no choice but to continue moving without settling down. In order to survive, they did not hesitate to use the military, and expanded to the point where they threatened countries that had been weakened by natural disasters. The sea people, also known as ancient pirates, may have been wandering refugees suffering from starvation.

Due to the catastrophe, Hittite iron technology was leaked, and the era shifted from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age. The Sea People suddenly disappeared in the chaos, and there is no record of what happened to them. In the latest research, DNA analysis has revealed that the Philistines in Palestine were immigrants from Western Europe, suggesting a relationship with the Sea Peoples. However, since there is no record of them being the main actors, it is as if we do not know anything for sure.

Even so, “not knowing” is the beginning of historical romance, and even the wildest imaginations can be incorporated into it. There may be a possibility that surviving sects end up in Africa or the Indian Ocean.