Ugarit

ancient port city in northern Syria
Organization city_state Q191369
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Ugarit

Summary

Ugarit is a city-state[1]. Ugarit draws 12,145 Wikipedia views per month (city_state category, ranking #4 of 20).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ugarit is located in Latakia Governorate[3].
  • Ugarit is located in Phoenicia[4].
  • Ugarit is in the country of Syria[5].
  • Ugarit's instance of is recorded as city-state[6].
  • Ugarit's instance of is recorded as historical country[7].
  • Ugarit's instance of is recorded as tributary state[8].
  • Ugarit's instance of is recorded as ancient city[9].
  • Ugarit's Commons category is recorded as Ugarit[10].
  • 6000 BC marks the founding of Ugarit[11].
  • Ugarit was dissolved in 1190 BC[12].
  • Ugarit's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 35.601944, 'longitude': 35.785556}[13].
  • Ugarit's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ugarit[14].
  • Ugarit's native label is recorded as 𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚[15].
  • Ugarit's culture is recorded as Canaan[16].
  • Ugarit's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].
  • Ugarit's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Q140274394[18].

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Founding

6000 BC marks the founding of Ugarit[11].

Dissolution

Ugarit was dissolved in 1190 BC[12].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Ugarit include Ugaritic alphabet[19], an abjad[20], founded in -1400[21].

Why It Matters

Ugarit draws 12,145 Wikipedia views per month (city_state category, ranking #4 of 20).[2] Ugarit has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Ugarit is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for Ugarit include Ugaritic alphabet[19], an abjad[20], founded in -1400[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → city-state, historical country, tributary state +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q11042]]"
  2. 14w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 6631
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 6631, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107288548|Ugarit (#107288548)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictionary]"
  3. 15w ago · Hadiskr · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, Q140274394
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5008]]: [[Q140274394]]"
  4. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 35.601944, 'longitude': 35.785556}
    Country → —
    Culture → Canaan
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → -1190-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 212377, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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