entity · pol_ugarit
Kingdom of Ugarit
A city and kingdom on the Levantine coast, Ugarit connected a local hinterland to maritime commerce and royal diplomacy. Its archives preserve dealings with Alashiya, associated with Cyprus, as well as evidence for different writing traditions.
Ugarit: a place in a connected world
A city and kingdom on the Levantine coast, Ugarit connected a local hinterland to maritime commerce and royal diplomacy. Its archives preserve dealings with Alashiya, associated with Cyprus, as well as evidence for different writing traditions.
Read the city through its correspondence: messages moved between courts, merchants and ports. A connection recorded in a letter is firmer evidence than a modern line drawn between two cities.
What changed?
Violent destruction and abandonment
What continued?
No substantial immediate urban reoccupation is recorded in this account. That does not tell us where every inhabitant went.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: not recorded. This is separate from specialist review.
Recorded dataset maintenance date: 2026-08-11.
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.
1600 BCE–1190 BCE
Precision: not specified
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Evidence and sources
- supports · supports entity record
‘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 existence, description, classification, or historical context of Kingdom of Ugarit.
- supports · supports entity record
Destruction at the End of the Late Bronze Age in Syria: A Reassessment — Jesse Michael Millek (2019)Supports the existence, description, classification, or historical context of Kingdom of Ugarit.
Referenced records
- Northern Levant · entity