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This hegemony was not to last, however: in the early part of the following century, a group of nomadic peoples from the steppe, known to the locals as the Tugrites, invaded the valley. They captured Itekes in 1588 BCE, declaring their own empire. Unlike the Ipeduk a century earlier, this new state was stable enough to avoid collapse, and over the next few centuries would develop into one of the most prosperous empires in Alapet's history. The Tugrites initiated trade with the rest of the southern Laranian coast, opening up the markets of Ankhulenia to the wider world. Alapetek raw materials were exported as far as Paravantir and Avanor. The region entered a golden age of peace and prosperity that would last for over 500 years.