The Aegean and Cyprus

Interaction Between Two Distinct Cultural Mediterranean Areas from the Third Millennium to Ca 1200 BC

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Giampaolo Graziadio - Università di Pisa, Italia - email

Abstract

Compared to all other Bronze Age Mediterranean regions, Cyprus is the island that established the closest contacts with the Aegean, and the interaction between Cyprus and the Aegean has therefore clearly been a subject of intense discussion. Assuming that Bronze Age trade was not unidirectional, this book provides a review of the available archaeological data from the third millennium BC to ca 1200 BC from both the Aegean and Cypriot perspectives. The relevant finds from the Aegean regions and Cyprus are considered here in order to discuss the dynamics of contacts between the two areas leading up to the period around 1200 BC when dramatic changes occurred in their relationships.

Keywords Areas • Mediterranean • Cyprus • Aegean • Interaction

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Preface
Two Given Points, Infinite Straight Lines
Luca Bombardieri
17 Aprile 2025

Introduction
17 Aprile 2025

1 • An Overview of Theoretical Approaches to Interaction
Francesca Nani
17 Aprile 2025

2 • Aegean and Cypriot Comparative Chronology
17 Aprile 2025

3 • Interaction Period 1: The Earliest Relations Between the Aegean and Cyprus
17 Aprile 2025

Appendix
An Examination of Cyprus-Aegean Connections Based on Nautical Considerations
Angiolo Querci
17 Aprile 2025

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dc.title	The Aegean and Cyprus. Interaction Between Two Distinct Cultural Mediterranean Areas from the Third Millennium to Ca 1200 BC
dc.type	Monografia
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	Compared to all other Bronze Age Mediterranean regions, Cyprus is the island that established the closest contacts with the Aegean, and the interaction between Cyprus and the Aegean has therefore clearly been a subject of intense discussion. Assuming that Bronze Age trade was not unidirectional, this book provides a review of the available archaeological data from the third millennium BC to ca 1200 BC from both the Aegean and Cypriot perspectives. The relevant finds from the Aegean regions and Cyprus are considered here in order to discuss the dynamics of contacts between the two areas leading up to the period around 1200 BC when dramatic changes occurred in their relationships.
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dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-857-6
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2025-04-17
dc.dateAccepted	2024-08-26
dc.dateSubmitted	2024-06-10
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dc.identifier.issn	2724-279X
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dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-858-3
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-857-6
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Aegean
dc.subject	Areas
dc.subject	Cyprus
dc.subject	Interaction
dc.subject	Mediterranean
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