Attarisiya
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thumbnail|300px|The Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East during the time of Attarsiya Attarsiya was an Ahhiyan (Achaean) warlord who lived around 1400 BC. He is known from a single Hittite text, which recounts his military activities in Western Anatolia and Alasiya. These texts are significant because they provide the earliest textual evidence of Mycenaean Greek involvement in Western Anatolian affairs. Scholars have noted potential connections between his name and that of Atreus from Greek mythology.
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- Instance of
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- Gender
- male
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Position held
- king
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- floruit
- 1400-00-00
- date of birth
- 1500-00-00
- date of death
- 1400-00-00
- start of work period
- 1400-00-00
- end of work period
- 1400-00-00
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- Military episodes
- Textual background
- Political context
- Link with mythical Atreus
- Notes
- References
thumbnail|300px|The Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East during the time of Attarsiya Attarsiya was an Ahhiyan (Achaean) warlord who lived around 1400 BC. He is known from a single Hittite text, which recounts his military activities in Western Anatolia and Alasiya. These texts are significant because they provide the earliest textual evidence of Mycenaean Greek involvement in Western Anatolian affairs. Scholars have noted potential connections between his name and that of Atreus from Greek mythology.
==Military episodes==
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