# Invading coalitions of seaborne peoples from the Aegean and Anatolia destroyed the cities and states.

> Disputed: Invading coalitions of seaborne peoples from the Aegean and Anatolia destroyed the cities and states.

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# Invading coalitions of seaborne peoples from the Aegean and Anatolia destroyed the cities and states.

Invading coalitions of seaborne peoples from the Aegean and Anatolia destroyed the cities and states.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** Two pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Destruction layers with weapons and signs of attack along the routes the texts describe.
- Newcomers with foreign material culture and ancestry settle in the destroyed regions.

## What would rule it out

- Destructions shown to be accidental or internal, with no newcomers in the following levels.

## Evidence 2 for · 1 against

[Early Iron Age Ashkelon carried European-related ancestry not present before.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464R6E5HV4/early-iron-age-ashkelon-carried-european-related-ancestry)

Supported

FOR

[Ramesses III's Year 8 inscription names the confederation and says no land could stand before it.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464QYM04E0/ramesses-iiis-year-8-inscription-names-the-confederation-and)

Suggestive

FOR

[Hattusa was emptied by its own administration and burned later, not destroyed by attack.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464RE86J28/hattusa-was-emptied-by-its-own-administration-and-burned)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What was the principal cause of the end of the Late Bronze Age palace system in the eastern Mediterranean?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/questions/QST0D464MS26SDY/what-was-the-principal-cause-of-the-end-of-the-late-bronze)

Most likelyNo single cause; several stresses (climate, famine, migration, war, earthquakes, internal unrest) struck…

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