Is an ancient kingdom in Syria revealed archaeological ruins in Tel called Ras Shamra, and also in Ras Ibn Hani trace Latakia province at a distance of 13 km to the north of the city of Latakia on the Mediterranean coast.
Ancient city of Ugarit archaeological excavations have revealed archaeological Alospar that Ras Shamra site includes about 20 archaeological together (settlement) back until the year 7500 BC. However, with the second millennium solutions BC settlement inflation in situ to form what is known as Ugarit This is the name that was known before discovered - by accident in 1928 - through mentioned in the texts of the Kingdom of Mary, where little texts visit King Zimri-Lim in the year 1765 BC. m of Ugarit, and another tablet also found in the documents of Mary, which is a message from the king of Ugarit to king Yamhad its capital Aleppo, begs them to ask the king of Mary that allows him to visit Mary's Palace, which was famous at the time, and that this indicates Ogarett keen on the establishment of good relations with the king of Mary it shows at the same time that he is keen that this relationship is through the knowledge of the king of strong Yamhad in Aleppo. As well as mentioned in Ugarit Hittite texts discovered in Anatolia, Syria and the Amarna letters discovered in Egypt. The fossils show that the Ugarit was the capital of the Kingdom reached an area of 5425 square kilometers in the fifteenth and twelfth centuries BC, a period of prosperity Kingdom.
Estimated population of the city of Ugarit in the third century BC to 6000- 8000 people, depending on the remains of ten thousand discovered the houses, while the rest of the UK population Fikdron 35,000 to 50,000 people, spread over 150-200 villages and farms belonging to the capital. The texts show the presence of the population and the Hittite Hurien Cypriots and Ugarit in the capital, as well as some Alajabiliyn and Aleroaddein and Tyre and the Egyptians.
Many ancient sources have indicated Ugarit and civilization and the progress and prosperity of the population of Industry and Commerce with the civilizations of the Mediterranean Sea and was Ugarit great commercial importance.
The most important effects of the Ugaritic:
Fort: it did not remain only a few walls and the rear gate which protected the fort in the foot. And have begun to build this fort since the fifth century BC.
Home Castle: built back to the second half of the Late Bronze Age (13-14 century BC) and in the castle for more than 90 rooms and 6 yards and dedicated to the archive room.
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