Alashiya
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Alashiya, also spelled Alasiya and known as the Kingdom of Alashiya, was a polity on Cyprus during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages. Alashiya was a major source of copper for states in the Ancient Near
One of the Amarna letters. Correspondence between a king of Alashiya and Amenhotep III of Egypt. Circa 1380 BC. From Tell el-Amarna, Egypt. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
Amarna letter. "Message from the king of Alashiya, your brother" to the Pharaoh of Egypt, possibly Akhenaten. Circa 1350 BC. From Tell el-Amarna, Egypt. British Museum
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A polity is a group of people with a collective identity, who are organized by some form of political, institutionalized, social relations and have a capacity to mobilize resources. It is the unit or
Alashiya
โฆa-la-ลกi-ia]; Ugaritic: ๐๐๐๐ แบขLแนฎY; Linear B: ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ Alasios [a-ra-si-jo]; Hieratic "'irs3"), also spelled Alasiya and known as the Kingdom of Alashiya, was a polity on Cyprus during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages. Alashiya was a major source of copper for states in the Ancient Near East, including Egypt. The nameโฆ
Frontispiece of Leviathan, 1690