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 | | To summarize conditions in the Middle East on the eve of the nomadic assault of 1200 BC, the Babylonian Empire was extinguished, while Assyria and the Hittites were severely weakened by a combination of war, coups d’etat, revolt, plague, poor harvests, and a succession of weak rulers. |
 | | The Hittite capital, Hattusas, was burnt to the ground c.1200 BC, the population was slaughtered or fled, and the empire extinguished. |
 | | Egypt had a succession of strong rulers preceding 1200 BC, culminating with Ramses III, and this is probably why she survived destruction by the nomads. |
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