UGARIT
The word Ugarit (The site of Ras Shamra near Latakia) is always associated with the great gift Ugarit offered humanity, namely its Alphabet. The first Alphabet in the world.
This Alphabet consists of 28 signs, in comparison with the earlier syllabic cuneiform writing which employed more than 200 syllables and 300 symbols.
It is also worth mentioning that the first "written" melody in history (written by using letters each signifying a special tune) was discovered in Ugarit in the 1950's when a mud tablet containing the Ugarit worship song was found. The tablet is divided into two parts, one for the words of the song, the other for its melody.
This tablet, dating back to the 2nd Millennium B.C is now on display at Damascus Museum.

The art of architecture in Ugarit proves the continuity of the style of the Arab traditional house as we know it today. Its language is closely linked to the Acadian and the Aramaic languages, hence its close relation to the Arabic Language.

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