 The presence of Ahhiyawa in western Anatolia is mentioned in various Hittite accounts from c . 1400 to c . 1220 BC . Ahhiyawa is generally accepted as a Hittite translation of Mycenaean Greece ( Achaeans in Homeric Greek ) , but a precise geographical definition of the term cannot be drawn from the texts . During this time , the kings of Ahhiyawa were evidently capable of dealing with their Hittite counterparts both on a diplomatic and military level . Moreover , Ahhiyawan activity was to interfere in Anatolian affairs , with the support of anti @-@ Hittite uprisings or through local vassal rulers , which the Ahhiyawan king used as agents for the extension of his influence . 
