Who Were the Sea Peoples?

A friend recently posted on Facebook about some geographical confusion he had over what was to the north of what. That got me thinking, and I asked myself, "Could I say, for any pair of neighboring countries in the world, 'X is to the (north / south / east / west) of Y'?" Well, I thought, I'd have a lot of trouble with some of the former Soviet Republics: I have no idea how Kyrgyzstan stands in relation to Uzbekistan. And the smaller Pacific and smaller Caribbean island nations: pretty tough as well. They appear as a bunch of tiny dots in a sea of blue, which makes it hard for me to remember their "look." But otherwise, I felt pretty good: let's say, every mainland nation that existed before 1960, I could do every one, right? And then I remembered Paraguay and Uruguay. Aargh! Whose idea was that , anyway? Let's stick two minor South American countries right near each other, and then give them sound-alike names. That will make sure no one c...