Ugarit

Ugarit
geographical name ancient city Syria on Mediterranean coast

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • UGARIT — UGARIT, ancient city located about 7 mi. (11 km.) north of Latakia. Though it is not mentioned in the Bible, its discovery has had a profound effect on biblical studies, especially in the fields of religion, literature, and language. Excavation… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Ugarit — Entrance to the royal palace at Ugarit …   Wikipedia

  • Ugarit — (heute: Ra s Schamra / ‏رأس شمرة ‎ / Raʾs Šamra) war ein Stadtstaat und während der Bronzezeit ein wichtiges Handelszentrum in Nord Syrien. 1928 wurde es nahe dem modernen Ort Ras Schamra nahe der Küste, etwa 16 km nördlich von Latakia,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ugarit — Ugarit …   Wikipedia Español

  • UGARIT — En 1929, une mission archéologique française conduite par C. F. A. Schaeffer et G. Chenet entreprenait des fouilles sur le tell de Ras Shamra (le «cap du fenouil»), situé sur la côte syrienne à 12 km au nord de Lattaquié et à 1 km de la mer.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Ugarit — Ugarit,   kanaanäische Stadt an der Mittelmeerküste, heute die Ruinenstätte Ras Schạmra am gleichnamigen Kap, nördlich von Latakia, Syrien; im Altertum Handelsmetropole und bedeutendes Kulturzentrum, seit etwa 2400 v. Chr. keilschriftlich… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Ugarit — Ugàrit m DEFINICIJA pov. grad u Siriji, značajna sredozemna luka u 2. tisućljeću pr. Kr.; danas Ras Šamra …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Ugarit — [o͞o gär′it, yo͞ogär′it] ancient city in NW Syria …   English World dictionary

  • Ugarit — /ooh geuh reet , yooh /, n. an ancient city in Syria, N of Latakia, on the site of modern Ras Shamra: destroyed by an earthquake early in the 13th century B.C.; excavations have yielded tablets written in cuneiform and hieroglyphic script that… …   Universalium

  • Ugarit —    An important Near Eastern port city that, before the rise of the Phoenicians, constituted a principal trade link between the peoples of the Mesopotamian plains and the peoples of the eastern Mediterranean region. Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra) was …   Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”