Alashiya
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Alashiya (Akkadian: ๐๐ท๐ ๐ Alaลกiya [a-la-ลกi-ia]; Ugaritic: ๐๐๐๐ แบขLแนฎY; Linear B: ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ Alasios [a-ra-si-jo]), also spelled Alasiya, also known as the Kingdom of Alashiya,[1] 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 the surviving texts and is now thought to be the ancient name of Cyprus, or an area of Cyprus. This was confirmed by the scientific analysis performed in Tel Aviv University of the clay tablets which were sent from Alashiya to other rulers.[2]