The ruins of Enkomi, a Bronze Age city of considerable size, can be found some 7 kilometers north of Famagusta. It was originally connected to the sea by the Pedhieos river.Finds from its early period show obvious Egyptian influence. Since around 1600 BC, Enkomi had established itself as an important trade point for the export of copper, Cyprus' name-giving resource. Another growing economical factor was the import of Micenean ceramics, which later were also produced on site, presumably by refugees from the largely destroyed Micenae. After a fire around the year 1200 BC, the city's street network receives a rectangular pattern. Some 150 years later, with its river port already sanded up, Enkomi is finally abandoned after an earthquake, in favour of the nearby costal city of Salamis.