Alashiya
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thumb|right|300px|Map of the Ancient Near East around 1400 BC Alashiya ( Alašiya [a-la-ši-ia]; ẢLṮY; Linear B: 𐀀𐀨𐀯𐀍 Alasios [a-ra-si-jo]; Hieratic "'irs3"), also spelled Alasiya, also known as the Kingdom of Alashiya, was a state which existed in the Middle and Late Bronze Ages, and was situated somewhere in the Eastern Mediterranean. It was a major source of goods, especially copper, for ancient Egypt and other states in the Ancient Near East. It is referred to in a number of surviving texts, however its exact location still remains a subject of academic debate and a matter of speculation
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It sits within the topics Alashiya, Amarna letters locations and Bronze Age Cyprus.
Its subject is documented across 23 Wikipedia language editions.
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- 2000-01-01
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9 sectionsContents
- History
- Hittites
- Egypt
- List of Amarna letters from Alashiya
- Ugarit
- Identification
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumb|right|300px|Map of the Ancient Near East around 1400 BC Alashiya ( Alašiya [a-la-ši-ia]; ẢLṮY; Linear B: 𐀀𐀨𐀯𐀍 Alasios [a-ra-si-jo]; Hieratic "'irs3"), also spelled Alasiya, also known as the Kingdom of Alashiya, was a state which existed in the Middle and Late Bronze Ages, and was situated somewhere in the Eastern Mediterranean. It was a major source of goods, especially copper, for ancient Egypt and other states in the Ancient Near East. It is referred to in a number of surviving texts, however its exact location still remains a subject of academic debate and a matter of speculation. In the absence of any concrete scholarly consensus, a variety of locations have been proposed. According to one version Alashiya was situated in either the southeastern coastal part of Anatolia or the northern Levant. An alternate theory places it partially on the island of Cyprus.
==History== thumb|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
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