Latakia

Latakia is a city on Syria’s Mediterranean coast. Ras ShamraUgaritAncient city and kingdom at Ras Shamra on the Syrian coast, flourishing between the fourteenth and early twelfth centuries BCE and preserving multilingual archives.Glossary · Click to read the explanation, where excavations revealed ancient UgaritUgaritAncient city and kingdom at Ras Shamra on the Syrian coast, flourishing between the fourteenth and early twelfth centuries BCE and preserving multilingual archives.Glossary · Click to read the explanation, lies about ten kilometres north of the city in a straight line, according to Syria’s 1999 UNESCO Tentative List submission. The city and the archaeological site are distinct places. ^[1]

The Archive uses Latakia to help locate Ugarit for readers. Ugarit reached its peak between the fourteenth and early twelfth centuries BCE; its archives preserved stories and literary works from the Late Bronze AgeLate Bronze AgeAn archaeological period conventionally around 1600–1200 BCE in much of the Near East, with regional variation.Glossary · Click to read the explanation. Those dates refer to Ugarit. The definition’s photograph shows Latakia in 1921. ^[2]