Early Cyprus : crossroads of the Mediterranean /

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Main Author: Karageorghis, Vassos.

Other Authors: J. Paul Getty Museum.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Los Angeles, Calif. : Getty, 2002.

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Call Number: DS54.3 .K268 2002

Table of Contents:
  • The Late Bronze Age I. The Late Cypriote I Period (circa 1600-1450 B.C.) Cyprus between the Aegean and the Near East Relations with Egypt Relations with Minoan Crete The Cypro-Minoan Script Internal Unrest Fortresses Economic Growth and Development Domestic and Funerary Architecture II. The Late Cypriote II Period (circa 1450-1200 B.C.) External Relations The Amarna Letters The Uluburun Shipwreck Relations with Anatolia Relations with the Central Mediterranean The Age of Prosperity: Evidence from the Tombs Mycenaean and Minoan Pottery Found in Cyprus Art of the Fourteenth-Thirteenth Centuries B.C. Architecture III. The Late Cypriote IIC Period (circa 1320-1200 B.C.) The Major Settlements Shipwrecks The Evidence of the Tablets IV. The Late Cypriote IIIA Period (circa 1200-1100 B.C.) The "Sea Peoples" in the Eastern Mediterranean Turmoil and Changes in Cyprus Fortified Settlements in the Aegean Cultural Changes in Cyprus V. From the Late Cypriote IIIB to the End of the Cypro-Geometric I Period (1100-950/900 B.C.) The Creation of Independent Kingdoms Cultural Changes The Iron Age I. The Cypro-Geometric II-III Periods (950/900-750 B.C.) Phoenician Settlement in Cyprus II. The Cypro-Archaic I Period (750-600 B.C.) The Assyrian "Rule" The Royal Tombs of Salamis The "Cypro-Phoenician" Bowls Vase Painting Sculpture The Sanctuaries Funerary Architecture The Sixth Century B.C. The Cypro-Archaic II Period (circa 600-480 B.C.) Egyptian and Greek Influences The "Amathus Style" Pottery Sculpture The Sanctuaries Seals Persian Rule Epilogue.