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1. Sea Peoples

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   The Anatolian Dissolution Model
   This model concentrates on the power vacuum created by the rapid disintegration of the Hittite New Kingdom. It suggests that displaced soldiers, administrative personnel, and perhaps even subjects of the Hittite vassal states—particularly from the western and southern periphery—formed mercenary bands that coalesced into the invasive coalitions. The subsequent looting of [Hittite supply depots](/entries/hittite-sup…