2/ During the period of the Old Palaces, Sissi was a prosperous settlement, strongly connected to the palace of Malia. However, towards the end of the Middle Minoan period, the palace of Malia is completely destroyed and the city is looted, while Sissi has the same fate. 
2️⃣ Due to this close relationship between copper and the island, the most likely version of the origin of the place name "Cyprus" seems to come from this specific mineral. Nevertheless, the people of the Middle - Late Bronze Age called the island with the toponym "Alasiya", 👉 
2/ Nevertheless, until about 1700 BC the local communities remain mainly agropastoral, having sporadic contacts with the Mediterranean area, without regular and organized commercial journeys. The copper is mined, processed and traded locally.👉 
2/ For example, in Messinia intense drought is observed after the mid-12th century BC, i.e. much later than the period when the destruction of the Mycenaean palaces took place. At the same time, the inhabitants of the Aegean were particularly adapted to earthquakes aftereffects. 
2️⃣Early Mycenaean warlords carried powerful weaponry: long swords, spears,composite bows, tower and figure-of-eight shields. All the above Mycenaean weapons were futher developing or adoption of Minoan examples,being distillations of Aegean traditions and Near Eastern borrowings. 
2️⃣ The stone head was found inside House A, the most important and well-built house of LH IIIA Grotta, in which there are indications of storage, food preparation, possibly handling or control of products and possibly domestic worship (marble platform of domestic altar). 
2/The myths of Perseus and Herakles indicate direct contacts of the Mycenaeans beyond the Pillars of Hercules. Various writers of classical times refer to areas or islands that were further west of the Pillars of Hercules: Makárōn Nêsoi or Fortunate Isles or Isles of the Blessed. 
2/ The consumption of legumes, such as the lentil, the pea, the common and the bitter vetch, the chickpea, the broad bean and the lupine, was of great importance in the daily diet. Legumes were ground to make bread flour, made into soups and purees, or eaten raw. 
2/ The KN C 914 tablet mentions the sending of several sacrificed animals to A-ka-wi-ja-de, which may have been some local celebration of the Mycenaeans who settled in Crete after 1450 BC in memory of their common homeland on the mainland (Achaea). 
2/ Extensive οργανωμένα PG cemeteries as well as family burials have been found in the Keramikos, the Agora and on the outskirts of the Acropolis, which demonstrates that the PG Athens was a set of small residential clusters around the Acropolis, 👉 
2/ According to the legend, king Minos, while hunting in the mountains of Crete, met a nymph of the goddess Artemis by chance, who was called Britomartis. He fell madly in love with her and began to chase her stubbornly, but he could not find her because 👉 
2/ At the end of the LC II phase, the settlement is destroyed by an earthquake, as is the sanctuary, which is however repaired and reused in a new cult context, where the presence of idols is absent. The cultic activity continued in the following centuries without interruption. 
2/ However, through comparative linguistics it has become possible to reconstruct the vocabulary of the Proto-Indo-European language, as a result of which we can determine its original cradle, as well as the spread processes of the various Indo-European languages. 
2/ Recent surveys by Turkish archaeologists in the Asia Minor site of Cesme-Baglararasi brought to light impressive findings that can provide answers to these specific questions. A chaotic horizon of destruction was enclosed within a well-preserved layer of volcanic ash. 
2/An interesting element of Myc religion is the presence of the female counterpart of the God Zeus, Di-wi-ja/Di-u-ja, whose cult seems to have had primordial origins. At Pylos she is mentioned in a cult context with a shrine dedicated to her, has male and female slaves, accepts👉 
2/ Prior to their establishment at Knossos, the Mycenaean elites had created an interconnected system of local lord-warriors, who competed with each other through the accumulation of valuable prestige objects, as well as their deposition in rich and elaborate burial ensembles. 
👉 but instead they were disappeared, taking all their portable and valuable possessions with them. However, the history seems to be repeating itself almost two and a half millennia later. 
2/ Although the ancient city is located directly below modern Thebes, archaeological surveys, which are carried out since the early 20th century, have documented the existence of an extensive Mycenaean citadel (Kadmeia), inside which was the heart of the palatial administration. 
2/ The Amarna Letters describe the events that took place, emphasizing the important role played by the naval forces of Arwad, a small obscure island off the Phoenician coastal zone, whose men acted as mercenaries for the kingdom of Amurru. 
2/ On another occasion during the battle of Kadesh, the allied ruler of the city of the same name joined the battlefield on the side of the Hittite army with infantry and chariot forces. In various texts where treaties are described, 👉 
2/ First of all, they are mentioned in various texts and inscribed reliefs of the Eastern Mediterranean, mainly Egyptian. The first record of the Sherden occurs in three Amarna letters in the mid-14th century BC, when they appear serving as members of the Egyptian garrison 👉 
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