 It appears that after this first wave of destruction a short @-@ lived revival of Mycenaean culture followed . Mycenaean Greece continues to be mentioned in international affairs , particularly in Hittite records . In c . 1220 BC , the king of Ahhiyawa is again reported of being involved in an anti @-@ Hittite uprising in western Anatolia . Another contemporary Hittite account reports that Ahhiyawan ships should avoid Assyrian -controlled harbors , as part of a trade embargo imposed on Assyria . In general , in the second half of 13th century BC , trade was in decline in the Eastern Mediterranean , most probably due to the unstable political environment there . 
