Editing Miletus (section)

=== Late Bronze Age ===

Recorded history at Miletus begins with the records of the [[Hittite Empire]] and the Mycenaean records of [[Pylos]] and [[Knossos]], in the Late Bronze Age.

====Mycenaean period====
Miletus was a [[Mycenae]]an stronghold on the coast of Asia Minor from {{Circa|1450}} to 1100 BC.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hajnal|first=Ivo|title=Graeco-Anatolian Contacts in the Mycenaean Period|url=https://www.academia.edu/1822403|publisher=University of Innsbruck|access-date=22 September 2013}}</ref> In {{Circa|1320 BC}}, the city supported an anti-Hittite rebellion of [[Uhha-Ziti]] of nearby [[Arzawa]]. [[Muršili II|Muršili]] ordered his generals [[Mala-Ziti]] and [[Gulla]] to raid Millawanda, and they proceeded to burn parts of it; damage from [[Helladic period|LHIIIA]] found on-site has been associated with this raid.<ref>Christopher Mee, ''Anatolia and the Aegean in the Late Bronze Age'', p.&nbsp;142</ref> In addition the town was fortified according to a Hittite plan.<ref>Mee, ''Anatolia and the Aegean'', p.&nbsp;139</ref>

Miletus is then mentioned in the "[[Tawagalawa letter]]", part of a series including the [[Manapa-Tarhunta letter]] and the [[Milawata letter]], all of which are less securely dated. The Tawagalawa letter notes that Milawata had a governor, [[Atpa]], who was under the jurisdiction of ''[[Achaeans (Homer)#Hittite documents|Ahhiyawa]]'' (a growing state probably in [[Helladic period|LHIIIB]] [[Mycenaean Greece]]); and that the town of [[Atriya]] was under Milesian jurisdiction. The Manapa-Tarhunta letter also mentions Atpa. Together the two letters tell that the adventurer [[Piyama-Radu]] had humiliated Manapa-Tarhunta before Atpa (in addition to other misadventures); a Hittite king then chased Piyama-Radu into Millawanda and, in the Tawagalawa letter, requested Piyama-Radu's extradition to [[Hittite empire|Hatti]].

The Milawata letter mentions a joint expedition by the Hittite king and a [[Luwian]] vassal (probably [[Kupanta-Kurunta]] of Mira) against Miletus, and notes that the city (together with Atriya) was now under Hittite control.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}

[[Homer]] mentions that during the time of the [[Trojan War]], Miletus was an ally of Troy and was city of the [[Carian]]s, under Nastes and [[Amphimachus]].<ref>https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Greek/Iliad2.php#BkII811, Iliad, book II</ref>

In the last stage of LHIIIB, the citadel of Bronze Age [[Pylos]] counted among its female slaves a '' mi-ra-ti-ja'', [[Mycenaean Greek]] for "women from Miletus", written in [[Linear B]] syllabic script.<ref>[http://www.palaeolexicon.com/default.aspx?static=12&wid=329 Palaeolexicon], Word study tool of ancient languages</ref>

====Fall of Miletus====

During the collapse of Bronze Age civilization, Miletus was burnt again, presumably by the [[Sea Peoples]].