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Ebla

Ancient city

Countryancient city tell historical countryQ5743

Also known as Tell Mardikh

Founded: 3000 BCE

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Ebla was one of the earliest kingdoms in Syria. Its remains constitute a tell located about 55 km (34 mi) southwest of Aleppo near the village of Mardikh. Ebla was an important center throughout the 3rd millennium BC and in the first half of the 2nd millennium BC. Its discovery proved the Levant was a center of ancient, centralized civilization equal to Egypt and Mesopotamia and ruled out the view that the latter two were the only important centers in the Near East during the Early Bronze Age.

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Country: Syria
Located in: Idlib Governorate
Dissolved: 2240 BCE instance of: statement with Gregorian date earlier than 1584
World Heritage criteria: (iii)
(vi)
Heritage designation: Tentative World Heritage Site(since 1999) official name: Ebla (Tell Mardikh) · world heritage criteria: (iii), (vi)
Language used: Canaanite
Different from: Elbe

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28 identifiers linking Ebla across the web's reference databases

35.7981, 36.7986OpenStreetMap ↗

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