Alashiya (Akkadian: ๐๐ท๐
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Alaลกiya [a-la-ลกi-ia]; Ugaritic: ๐๐๐๐ แบขLแนฎY; Linear B: ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ Alasios [a-ra-si-jo]; Hieratic "'irs3"), also spelled Alasiya and known as the Kingdom of Alashiya, was a polity on Cyprus during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages. Alashiya was a major source of copper for states in the Ancient Near East, including Egypt.
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