Ugarit was an important sea port city in the Northern Levant. Though never a world power, Ugarit was a key economic center in the Ancient Near East, serving as a major trade center between Egypt and the major powers of Bronze Age Asia Minor and Mesopotamia.
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c. 6000 BCEFirst fortified settlement at Ugarit.
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c. 1600 BCE - c. 1200 BCEUgarit has close ties with Egypt and Cyprus.
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c. 1450 BCE - 1200 BCEThe city of Ugarit flourishes.
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c. 1400 BCEUgaritic alphabet of 30 letters is invented.
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c. 1350 BCE - c. 1315 BCEReign of Niqmaddu II of Ugarit.
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c. 1350 BCETreaty between Niqmaddu II of Ugarit and Aziru of Amurru.
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c. 1340 BCE - 1300 BCEUgarit comes under Hittite control.
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c. 1315 BCE - c. 1313 BCEReign of Aarhalbu of Ugarit.
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c. 1313 BCE - c. 1260 BCEReign of Niqmepa of Ugarit.
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c. 1260 BCE - c. 1235 BCEReign of Ammistamru II of Ugarit.
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c. 1235 BCE - c. 1222 BCEReign of Ibiranu of Ugarit.
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c. 1222 BCE - c. 1215 BCEReign of Niqmaddu III of Ugarit.
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c. 1215 BCE - c. 1185 BCEReign of Ammurapi of Ugarit.
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c. 1190 BCEUgarit is destroyed by the Sea Peoples.