Ancient sources -- such as the Homeric epics and the Hebrew Bible -- depict an era of widespread famine, ethnic conflict and population movement, most famously including the migrations of the Sea Peoples (or biblical Philistines) and the Israelites.Uh, no. The "sea peoples" "migration" isn't historically attested anywhere; there are a few Egyptian references to these folks, and due to the goofed up modern pseudochronology, they are said to be from a widespread number of different places (including Sardinia) where there's literally no archaeological support for their very existence. There's literally no reference to them in the Old Testament from the era of Solomon (or anywhere else).
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How do you square your position with the evidence of the devolution of Aegean pottery at the end of the Bronze Age, specifically the disappearance of the fine and artistic Late Helladic IIIb/c examples and the widespread appearance of the relatively cheap and less artistic (minimal craftsmanship involved) Protogeometric style, without accepting a concurrent widespread economic and cultural upheaval?