The Cyprus Question: The Missing Middle Ground

Cyprus occupies a crucial but incompletely understood role in the Sea Peoples story.

The island sits in the eastern Mediterranean, roughly equidistant between the Aegean and the Levantine coast, at the intersection of multiple major Bronze Age trade routes.

Understanding what happened on Cyprus during the Bronze Age Collapse would help clarify both the origins of some Sea Peoples groups and the mechanisms by which the collapse spread across the region.

The ancient name for Cyprus in Egyptian records was Alashiya.