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Ebla

Sumerian · Syria

Field notes

civilizations: Sumerian
types: City
built: 3,000 BCE
occupied: 3,500 BCE — 2,240 BCE
country: Syria

The site

Ebla was one of the earliest kingdoms in Syria, a city whose remains form a tell about 55 kilometres southwest of Aleppo. Beginning as a small settlement around 3500 BCE, it grew into a trading empire that dominated much of northern and eastern Syria before its destruction in the 23rd century BCE. Its discovery proved the Levant was a center of ancient centralized civilization equal to Egypt and Mesopotamia.

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