event · EVT-UGARIT-DESTRUCTION
Violent destruction of Ugarit
Widespread burning, collapsed architecture, and unusually numerous weapons in streets and houses.
What is the evidence?
observation
Widespread burning, collapsed architecture, and unusually numerous weapons in streets and houses.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: not recorded. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1190 BCE–1185 BCE
Precision: not specified
moderate- informs · establishes destruction and warfare interpretation
Destruction at the End of the Late Bronze Age in Syria: A Reassessment — Jesse Michael Millek (2019)
Locator: pp. 160-161; Ugarit section - informs · provides pre destruction food and tribute context
Grain Tribute in Hittite Syria and the Fall of Ugarit — Yoram Cohen, Eduardo Torrecilla (2023)
Interpretation and caveats
Destruction in warfare.
Event context
Classification
Event type: settlement destruction
People and places
Locations: Ugarit
Evidence and sources
- informs · establishes destruction and warfare interpretation
Destruction at the End of the Late Bronze Age in Syria: A Reassessment — Jesse Michael Millek (2019)
Locator: pp. 160-161; Ugarit section - informs · provides pre destruction food and tribute context
Grain Tribute in Hittite Syria and the Fall of Ugarit — Yoram Cohen, Eduardo Torrecilla (2023)
Referenced records
- Ugarit · entity