Journals / Arkeoloji ve Sanat / 2020 / Cilt: 164 - Sayı: 164

The Rich Trade Center of the Mediterranean "Alashiya and Yadnana" in the Cuneiform Memory

ÇİVİYAZILI BELLEKTE AKDENİZ’İN ZENGİN TİCARİ MERKEZİ “ALAŞİYA VE YADNANA

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41–52
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2022-10-11
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In this study, by evaluating cuneiformarchives and archaeological data, it is aimed to enlighten the history of Alshiya/Yadnana/Cyprus in2000 and early 1000 BC., which was mentioned as a rich trade center with its geopolitical position

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Objective & Hypothesis:Alashiya, an important base of Mediterranean trade network in the prehistoric period, is located onthe region of modern Cyprus.
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Key Findings & Data:According tothe Hittite sources, the Alashiya region that was used as a detention colony for the captives for someperiod became a trade center of some high quality goods specific to its own region in the 2000 BC.Alashiya maintained to be an important terminal of a big trade organization in 1000 BC. too.
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Conclusion & Impact:In this study, by evaluating cuneiformarchives and archaeological data, it is aimed to enlighten the history of Alshiya/Yadnana/Cyprus in2000 and early 1000 BC., which was mentioned as a rich trade center with its geopolitical position
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Abstract

Alashiya, an important base of Mediterranean trade network in the prehistoric period, is located onthe region of modern Cyprus. Especially in the Hittite cuneiform documents, the Country of Alashiyaand Cyprus were matched, this was supported by the similar statements that the other superpowersof the prehistoric period used for that region. In the major historical sources, known to be important archives of the period such as Mari, Amarna, Ugarit, Alalakh, Boğazköy (Hattusa) and Kültepe(Kanesh); Alashiya was brouht up by the existence of the trade and the trade items. According tothe Hittite sources, the Alashiya region that was used as a detention colony for the captives for someperiod became a trade center of some high quality goods specific to its own region in the 2000 BC.Alashiya maintained to be an important terminal of a big trade organization in 1000 BC. too. Themost important indicators of this are the annuals and the inscribed stela of the Assyrian kings whoenlightened the silent written history in Anatolia and Eastern Mediterranean after the “Migrationof the Sea Tribes”. Alashiya/Cyprus, recorded as Yadnāna/Ya’Adnana in these sources, was definedin the same sources as "the place in the middle of the sea". In this study, by evaluating cuneiformarchives and archaeological data, it is aimed to enlighten the history of Alshiya/Yadnana/Cyprus in2000 and early 1000 BC., which was mentioned as a rich trade center with its geopolitical position

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Eskiçağ’da Akdeniz ticaret ağının önemli bir üssü niteliğindeki Alaşiya günümüz Kıbrıs coğrafyasına lokalize edilmiştir. Özellikle Hitit çivi yazılı belgelerde Alaşiya Ülkesi ile Kıbrıs eşleştirilmiş, bu eşleştirme Eskiçağ’ın diğer süper güçlerinin bu coğrafya için kullandıkları benzer ifadeleriyle de desteklenmiştir. Dönemin önemli arşivleri olarak bilinen Kültepe, Boğazköy, Mari, Amarna, Ugarit ve Alalah gibi kaynaklarda Alaşiya, ticaret ve ticareti yapılan malzemelerin varlığıyla gündeme getirilmiştir. Hitit kaynaklarına göre belli bir dönem esirler için bir sürgün alanı olarak kullanılan Alaşiya bölgesi, MÖ II. binyılda kendi yöresine has, dönemin kaliteli bazı mallarının ticaret merkezi hâline gelmiştir. Alaşiya, bu büyük ticari organizasyonda, önemli bir istasyon olma özelliğini MÖ I. binyılda da devam ettirmiş, özellikle Deniz Kavimleri Göçü sonrası, Anadolu ve Doğu Akdeniz’de susan yazılı tarihin aydınlatıcısı Asur krallarına ait yıllıklar ve yine bu krallara ait yazıtlı stellerde yer almıştır. Bu kaynaklarda Yadnana/ Ya’Adnana olarak kaydedilen Alaşiya/Kıbrıs, aynı kaynaklarda “denizin ortasındaki yer” olarak tanımlanmıştır. Bu çalışmada bulunduğu jeopolitik konumuyla önemli bir ticari merkez olarak değerlendirilen Alaşiya/Yadnana/Kıbrıs’ın, çivi yazılı arşiv ve arkeolojik envanterin katkısıyla, MÖ II. ve I. binyıl başlarındaki tarihi ve lokalizasyonu üzerinde durulmuştur

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YILDIRIM, N. (2022). The Rich Trade Center of the Mediterranean "Alashiya and Yadnana" in the Cuneiform Memory. Arkeoloji ve Sanat, Cilt: 164 - Sayı: 164, 41–52. https://ajindex.com/articles/448397

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