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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient city of western Syria on the Mediterranean Sea. It flourished as a trade center from c. 1450 to 1195 BC but was destroyed soon after, possibly by an earthquake. Excavation of the ruins (beginning in 1929) has unearthed important cuneiform tablets.
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They were also closely ethnically, linguistically and genetically related to the Canaanites neighbors immediately to the North around the Northern border of modern Syria on the Mediterranean coast in Ugarit.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More Interesting DNA Information 2010
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An image released by a group called Ugarit News purporting to show tanks moving along a road in Deraa, Syria Photograph: AP
The Guardian World News Ian Black 2011
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I've read it.. and the documentation and keep telling myself, it's called "Ugarit", but I just can't help reading it as "Uragit" youre-a-git.
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In Psalm 82, it is the God of Israel who presides over the council, just as the god Anu presided over a similar assembly in Mesopotamia and the god El held court in the mythology of ancient Ugarit.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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I remember the unironic title of a conference paper I once heard, “The Theme of the Sacred Mountain at Ugarit and in the Hebrew Bible: An Overview of Recent Scholarship.”
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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Ugarit News/Associated Press In an image from an amateur video from Idlib, Syria, ralliers' signs call Libyan events 'a victory for all Arabs.'
Syrians Rally, Saying Assad Is Next Nour Malas 2011
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Associated Press Amateur video made available by Ugarit News group shows protesters gathered at an antiregime protest in Hama, Syria, on Friday.
Syrians Rally During Monitor Visit Farnaz Fassihi 2011
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The "Watani Ana" controversyJandali is a renowned German-born Syrian pianist and songwriter, known best for contemporizing some the oldest songs ever written – ancient Syrian Ugarit melodies that date back as far as 3400 B.C. Recently, he penned “Watani Ana,” or “I Am My Homeland,” after being moved by pro-democracy protests and subsequent violent military reprisals taking place across Syria.
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I remember the unironic title of a conference paper I once heard, “The Theme of the Sacred Mountain at Ugarit and in the Hebrew Bible: An Overview of Recent Scholarship.”
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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In Psalm 82, it is the God of Israel who presides over the council, just as the god Anu presided over a similar assembly in Mesopotamia and the god El held court in the mythology of ancient Ugarit.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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