 Contemporary Hittite texts indicate the presence of Ahhiyawa , which strengthened its position in western Anatolia from c . 1400 to c . 1220 BC . Ahhiyawa is generally accepted as a Hittite translation of Mycenaean Greece ( Achaeans in Homeric Greek ) . During this period , the kings of Ahhiyawa were clearly able to deal with the Hittite kings both in a military and diplomatic way . Ahhiyawa activity was to interfere in Anatolian affairs , with the support of anti @-@ Hittite uprisings or through local vassal rulers , which the king of the Ahhiyawa used as agents for the extension of his influence . In one occasion , in c . 1400 BC , Attarsiya ( a possible Hittite translation of Atreus ) launched a campaign deploying an army headed by war chariots and attacked regions which were under Hittite influence . Later , Attarsiya , invaded the island of <unk> ( Cyprus ) together with a number of his Anatolian allies . The invading force finally succeeded in controlling the island and overthrowing the local Hittite authorities . The campaigns of Attarsiya represent the earliest recorded Mycenaean Greek military activity against the Hittites . The Hittite @-@ Ahhiyawan confrontation in Wilusa , the Hittite name for Troy , in the 13th century BC may have provided the historical foundation for the Trojan War tradition . 
