The Hittite Kingdom and Iron Age

Mercile's murder and subsequent usurpation of the hittite throne appears to validate the act of killing the king to take the power. This created a terribly dangerous environment for what was effectively the royal family of the hitites. After hantely was able to take the throne in around 15 90 b c e, he reigned for around 30 years. But already the fragility of the kingdom had been exposed due to this regicide.