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By about 1200 BC the tide of invasion from Europe had swept across Asia Minor, broken up the Hittite Empire, and spread out over the coasts of Anatolia and the Fertile Crescent; here some of the invaders – also involving Semitic peoples in their migratory movement – began to settle permanently. Amidst all this turmoil, elements of older populations were dislodged; some mixed with the invaders to form new elements of the migratory flow, and others simply fled in search of new homes. As the disintegration of the older states progressed the Sea Peoples increased in numbers and diversity of tribes, extending their attacks towards the south and especially towards the Egyptian empire.