# The court moved away for political reasons, leaving the capital to decline.

> Most likely: The court moved away for political reasons, leaving the capital to decline.

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Answer · Late Bronze Age collapse

# The court moved away for political reasons, leaving the capital to decline.

The court moved away for political reasons, leaving the capital to decline.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Continuity of Hittite royal lines elsewhere (as in the south-east and northern Syria).

## What would rule it out

- Evidence that the court ended at Hattusa.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Elements of the Hittite political system continued in the south-east and northern Syria, on a smaller scale.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464YHJ6T8F/elements-of-the-hittite-political-system-continued-in-the)

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## The questions it answers

[Why was Hattusa abandoned?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/questions/QST0D464N8P0FCE/why-was-hattusa-abandoned)

Most likelyThe court moved away for political reasons, leaving the capital to decline

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