claim · claim_evt_ugarit_destruction_occurrence
Most of Ugarit burned and the city was abandoned; weapon finds strongly support violent assault, but the attackers’ identity is not securely established.
Most of Ugarit burned and the city was abandoned; weapon finds strongly support violent assault, but the attackers’ identity is not securely established.
Review and provenance
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Dataset workflow: preferred. This is separate from specialist review.
Recorded dataset maintenance date: 2026-08-11.
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Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
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Other source context
- informs · establishes
‘Our City Is Sacked. May You Know It!’ The Destruction of Ugarit and Its Environs by the Sea Peoples — Jesse Michael Millek (2020)Supports the claim: Most of Ugarit burned and the city was abandoned; weapon finds strongly support violent assault, but the attackers’ identity is not securely established.
- informs · establishes
Destruction at the End of the Late Bronze Age in Syria: A Reassessment — Jesse Michael Millek (2019)Supports the claim: Most of Ugarit burned and the city was abandoned; weapon finds strongly support violent assault, but the attackers’ identity is not securely established.
- informs · establishes
Severe Multi-Year Drought Coincident with Hittite Collapse around 1198–1196 BC — Sturt W. Manning, Cindy Kocik, Brita Lorentzen, Jed P. Sparks (2023)Supports the claim: Most of Ugarit burned and the city was abandoned; weapon finds strongly support violent assault, but the attackers’ identity is not securely established.
Referenced records
- Kingdom of Ugarit · entity
- Destruction and Abandonment of Ugarit · event
- Ugarit / Ras Shamra · entity