Ebla
Ancient city · Syria
- Abandoned
- 2239 BC
- Founded
- 2999 BC
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 35.798, 36.799
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
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History
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.