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    Alashiya (Akkadian: ๐’€€๐’†ท๐’…†๐’…€ Alaลกiya [a-la-ลกi-ia]; Ugaritic: ๐Ž€๐Ž๐Ž˜๐ŽŠ แบขLแนฎY; Linear B: ๐€€๐€จ๐€ฏ๐€ Alasios [a-ra-si-jo]; Hieratic "'irs3"), also spelled Alasiya...
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  • The Battles of Alashiya were a series of two naval engagements and one joint land and naval operation fought between the Hittite Navy and the Hittite Army...
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    significantly. In the Bronze Age the first cities, such as Enkomi, were built in Alashiya (today Cyprus). Systematic copper mining began, and this resource was widely...
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  • historical figure, but in the case of Ellasar, they connect it to the name Alashiya, not Larsa or Cappadocia. Ellasar is related to the name of Elishah in...
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    During the late Bronze Age, Cyprus, known in contemporary sources as Alashiya, developed an urbanized society closely connected to the wider Mediterranean...
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    light on Egyptian relations with Babylonia, Assyria, Syria, Canaan, and Alashiya (Cyprus) as well as relations with the Mitanni, and the Hittites. The letters...
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    in Amarna letter EA 35, a letter written in Akkadian from the ruler of Alashiya (Cyprus) to the Pharaoh of Egypt during the Amarna Period. It dates from...
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    Navies Egyptian Achaemenid Greek Roman Battles Mediterranean: ย  Alashiya Nile Delta Salamis Artemisium Eurymedon Naupactus Olpae Syracuse Cynossema Arginusae...
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    century BC, Ugarit remained in constant contact with Egypt and Cyprus (Alashiya). Mitanni was a loosely organized state in northern Syria and south-east...
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  • Cypriots, as in ancient times the island of Cyprus or part of it was known as Alashiya. According to the Jewish encyclopedia Elishah is to be identified with...
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