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6000 BCE: First fortified settlement at Ugarit.
1600 BCE - 1200 BCE: Ugarit has close ties with Egypt and Cyprus.
1450 BCE - 1200 BCE: The city of Ugarit flourishes.
1400 BCE: Ugaritic alphabet of 30 letters is invented.
1350 BCE - 1315 BCE: Reign of Niqmaddu II of Ugarit.
1350 BCE: Treaty between Niqmaddu II of Ugarit and Aziru of Amurru.
1340 BCE - 1300 BCE: Ugarit comes under Hittite control.
1315 BCE - 1313 BCE: Reign of Aarhalbu of Ugarit.
1313 BCE - 1260 BCE: Reign of Niqmepa of Ugarit.
1260 BCE - 1235 BCE: Reign of Ammistamru II of Ugarit.
1235 BCE - 1222 BCE: Reign of Ibiranu of Ugarit.
1222 BCE - 1215 BCE: Reign of Niqmaddu III of Ugarit.
1215 BCE - 1185 BCE: Reign of Ammurapi of Ugarit.
1190 BCE: Ugarit is destroyed by the Sea Peoples.