Ancient Ugarit

Read more: The ancient city of Ugarit had close ties to the Hittite Empire, occasionally offering tribute to Egypt, and establishing trade and diplomatic relations with Cyprus, referred to as Alashiya at that time. These connections are well-documented in the recovered archives from the site, and further supported by the presence of Mycenaean and Cypriot pottery discovered there. The prominence of Ugarit reached its zenith around 1450 BCE and endured until its demise around 1185 BCE, a destruction possibly attributed to the purported Sea Peoples, climate change or environmental shifts or even internal conflicts. The kingdom was among the many entities dismantled during the Bronze Age Collapse.