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Ebla (Sumerian: eb₂-la, , modern: , Tell Mardikh) was one of the earliest kingdoms in Syria. Its remains constitute a tell located about southwest of Aleppo near the village of Mardikh. Ebla was an important center throughout the and in the first half of the 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.
Ebla was an ancient Syrian kingdom located near present-day Aleppo whose archaeological remains have revealed it to be one of the earliest centers of civilization in the region. Its discovery challenged the long-held belief that only Egypt and Mesopotamia were significant powers in the ancient Near East, demonstrating that the Levant was equally important during the Early Bronze Age.
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Key facts
- Country.era
- Bronze Age
- Country.common_name
- Ebla
- Ancient site.name
- Ebla
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Tell Mardikh
- Ancient site.image
- HPIM3078 1.JPG
- Ancient site.caption
- Ruins of the outer wall and the "Damascus Gate"
- Ancient site.map_type
- Syria
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.map_size
- 200
- Ancient site.location
- Idlib Governorate, Syria
- Ancient site.type
- settlement
- Ancient site.built
- BC
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 7th century AD
- Ancient site.epochs
- Bronze Age
- Ancient site.cultures
- Kish civilization, Amorite
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1964–2011
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Paolo Matthiae
- Ancient site.condition
- Ruined
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