That's excellent! So many dates in historical studies are relative, and based on quasi-legendary "King Lists" and such. Whats really neat is that
the explosion is used as a marker in the med, its a time marker itself, and here we have a 'seperate' marker that dates the explosion!
Nice to see that syria might be looked at as more influential upon greek history. The greeks themselves attributed much to the Egpytians, but this
might be, to a degree, something of a 'super-power' effect. Egypt was the longstanding super-power of that region of the world, so most people's
would want to 'cozy up to it' or solidify their own legitimacy by saying that they are an offshoot of it. Many aspects of greek religion seem to be
duplicated/replicated, or perhaps spring from, Hittite and Anatolian religions. So that influence may become more popularly recognized, as the article
suggests.

