Bronze Ages in Cyprus

After the Chalcolithic Age, dating from 3,000 to 2,500 B.C., began the Bronze Ages, which in Cypriot archaeology are treated as separate from the Chalcolithic and which lasted for about 1,500 years. 

Middle Bronze Age

The Middle Bronze Age (1,900-1,600 B.C.) produced several styles of well-made and competently decorated pottery.

Its bronze implements show a well-advanced  craftsmanship; imports from Crete, Anatolia, Syria, and Egypt prove that external trade had begun. 

It has been conjectured that the name Alashia or Alasia, which occurs in Hittite and Egyptian records in connection with the supply of copper, refers to Cyprus. These trade links probably account for the foundation of the new settlements in the east of the island that were to develop into international urban emporiums.

• Necropolis of Karmi, from Middle Bronze Age

• Late Bronze Age

 

 


 
 

 

  

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