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Synopsis: The Great King Tudhaliya\u2019s sons, Arnuwanda and Suppiluliuma, take power in a time of growing famine. \xa0The collapse of Mycenaean Greece intensifies the predations of Aegean and Mediterranean pirates, who threaten Hittite grain shipments and ally with the Libyans to launch an invasion of Egypt. \xa0Among the earliest victims of the seaborne invaders is the storied city of Troy.\n\n\n\n\u201cBut when the whole host reached the walls of Troy, into the city of Priam, breathing rage of fight, with reckless battle-lust they poured; and all that fortress found they full of war and slaughter, palaces, temples, horribly blazing on all sides; glowed their hearts with joy. In deadly mood then charged they on the foe. Ares and fell Enyo maddened there: blood ran in torrents, drenched was all the earth, as Trojans and their alien helpers died.\u201d\xa0 \u2013 Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy, Book 13 (translated by A. S. Way)\n\n\n\nMap of the Late Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean:\n\n\n\nhttps://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/LBA_Hittite_Map.jpg\n\n\n\nThe Hittite Royal Family:\n\n\n\nhttps://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/LBA_Hittite_Family_Tree.jpg\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices