363 little textual evidence for trade between Mycenaean states
none for overseas trade
palaces may have depended on independent merchants

364 Uluburun, late 1300s BCE, late LHIIIA
probably had 2 Mycenaeans on board, Greece may have been one of the intended stops
Near Eastern vessel, possibly headed west from Ugarit to Cyprus

365 Gelidonya wrecked a century later

Mycenaeans exported textiles, perfumed oil, maybe pottery maybe not

366 Phylakopi on Melos partly destroyed by fire LMIB
LHIIIAI megaron constructed, and Mycenaean pottery shows up, maybe takeover, maybe not

368-369 Dodecanese also Mycenizes, burials look very Mycenaean, probably include some settlers

370 Macedonia had contacts with southern Greece from the MBA, imported pottery, but mostly locally made

371 Troy has exceptionally large amount of Mycenaean pottery for the northern Aegean covering a long period of time.
Troy major trading center
Mycenaean exports probably destined for Troy, not often the Black Sea (no pottery found there)

372 Troy VIh earthquake in LH IIIA2
Troy VIIa besieged and sacked, LH IIIB/C on the mainland, lots of problems there, so probably not a coalition of states
VIIb1 rebuilt immediately, some Mycenaean pottery there, contact with the southern Aegean must have continued in LHIIIC

373 late LM I fire destroyed Miletus, then rebuilt
pottery produced at Miletus mostly Mycenaean, only 5% Anatolian
LHIIIA2 another fire, possibly deliberate
subsequent massive circuit wall

374 evidence for Mycenaean and Hittite contact, but not close or fruitful relationship
Hittite king addresses ruler of Ahhiyawa as "Great King, my equal" so probably not just the eastern Aegean western Anatolian settlement, but more likely the ruler at Mycenae or Thebes?

375 lots of LHIIIA-LHIIIB Mycenaean pottery in Cyprus

376 some upheavals and settlement abandonments on Cyprus around 1200 BCE (Sea Peoples?), but Cyprus mostly flourishes
maybe some Mycenaean settlers show up, but not en masse as cultural continuity largely remains, albeit with a lot more Mycenaean pottery

376-7 11th century sees more settlements abandoned in favor of sites that would become Iron Age city kingdoms
more Mycenaean burials, another influx of settlers is suspected

377 Mycenaean pottery in Syria-Palestine, may have been offloaded in Cyprus and then shipped further east sans any actual Mycenaean people except rarely

378-9 No correspondence surviving between Egypt and Mycenae, but possibly royal gifts with Amenhotep
Furthermore, Mycenae is one of the places named in the "Aegean list", inscribed on a statue base in the mortuary temple of Amenhotep at Kom el-Hetan. The list also includes Knossos, Phaistos, Amnisos, Kydonia, Kythera, Messenia, Nauplion, and Troy
a few pieces of possible LMIB or LHIIA pottery
LHIIIA2-B pottery found all the way down Egypt to Nubia, although mostly at Amarna, Akhenaten's city
possible depiction of Mycenaean mercenaries in an Amarna chapel
No Mycenaean pottery from LHIIIC in Egypt
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