In a time where empires were built by weapons of bronze and chariots of war, the island of Cyprus flourished through trade and commerce. The chief Cypriot polity was the kingdom of Alashiya, whose rulers briefly rose to the status of equals to the pharaohs of Egypt.
In this episode, we go through history of Cyprus in the Bronze Age.
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📜Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:34 Early Pre-Historic Cyprus
02:02 Identity, Society and Language
04:27 Middle Bronze Age
06:32 Late Bronze Age
07:05 Tribute to Thutmose III
09:27 Mycenaean raids against Cyprus
12:12 Amarna Letters
16:20 Conflicts in the Levant
18:34 Dynastic Struggle in Ugarit
19:52 Tribute to Tudhaliya IV
21:05 King Kušmešuša
22:55 Tribute to Suppiluliuma II
24:27 Bronze Age Collapse
▶️ Machinma:
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Total War PHARAOH – Dynasties
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🎞️ Directed, narrated & animated by WanaxTV
📜 Sources & Further Read:
The Amarna Letters
Ugaritic Texts: House of Tehenu
Gary Beckman (1999): Hittite Diplomatic Texts
A. Bernard Knapp: The Archaeology of Late Bronze Age Copper Production Politiko Phorades on Cyprus
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