>>22713267Troy itself traces its etymology for the Hittite name of the region where Wilusa/Ilion was, Taruisa, which in Greek became known as Troad or Troas, which is the thick peninsula on the Asian side of the Dardanelles. Alexander is attested in Hurrian/Hittite documents from the Bronze Age in the form "Alaksandu" (and was a ruler of Troy/Wilusa, so likely the namesake of the Iliad's Alexander/Paris).
>ShekeleshSikels, Sicani, Sikeloi, etc. Inhabitants or settlers of Sicily, Sicilians. Possible connection to Sagalassos in Pisidia in Anatolia. Bible suggests "Men of Sheker", Issachar, an Israelite chief.
>SherdenShardana, Sardina, etc. Possible sources of origin: Sardis in western Anatolia, Sardonians of western Anatolia, Nuragic peoples of the island of Sardinia west of Italy.
>KarkisaToo little known, possibly Caria in Anatolia.
>LukkaLycians. Non-Hittite Anatolians.
Ramses II made a treaty and had some of them settle in Phoenicia. They splintered into two factions during the neo-Assyrian expansions. The two topographies were later on named Kingdoms of Judea/Judah and Israel. It's also likely that they were actually the refugees of the alleged Minoan empire that was finished off by large scale climate change brought on by a solar minimum.
