End of the bronze age. Have a set of letters between citystate rulers, one writing that help is urgently needed as seaborne invaders have been spotted nearby and his military is off with the hittite empire.
The response back, in modern slang amounts to “lol ur fucked.”
End of the bronze age. Have a set of letters between citystate rulers, one writing that help is urgently needed as seaborne invaders have been spotted nearby and his military is off with the hittite empire.
The response back, in modern slang amounts to “lol ur fucked.”
Sounds amazing. Could you provide a link or at least enough names that I can google it?
Its from the book 1176 BC by Eric H Cline.
Appears to be referencing this story:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Bronze_Age_collapse#:~:text=In response to a plea for assistance from the king of Alasiya