Why was the ancient city of Ugarit important not only for its time, but for future history?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Students should discuss that as a multiethnic trading city, Ugarit linked the Eastern Mediterranean with land caravans heading to Babylonia. It housed documents in four different languages and developed an alphabet based on symbols that stood for sound. This alphabet was later used by both Romans and English.
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