Barga was an ancient city and later kingdom in the
Syrian Coastal Mountain Range in the
Bronze age and
Iron
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age.
Middle Bronze
In the Middle Bronze, Parga/Barga was a contested city between Yamhad and Qatna near Hamath.
Late Bronze
Barga was a
city-state
A city-state is an independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its contiguous territory. They have existed in many parts of the world since the dawn of history, including cities such as ...
in the
Amarna letters period of
1350
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Events
January–December
* January 9 – Giovanni II Valente becomes Doge of Genoa.
* May 23 (possible date) ...
-
1335 BC and later. It is mentioned as the "land of Barga" by
Mursilis II in treaties, (see
Habiru). The Amarna letters
correspondence is composed of 382 clay 'tablet-letters', the majority written to the pharaoh of
Ancient Egypt, and Barga is only referenced in the subcorpus letters authored by
Akizzi, the Prince of
Qatna
Qatna (modern: ar, تل المشرفة, Tell al-Mishrifeh) (also Tell Misrife or Tell Mishrifeh) was an ancient city located in Homs Governorate, Syria. Its remains constitute a tell situated about northeast of Homs near the village of al ...
.
The region was generally southwest of
Aleppo, in the neighborhood of other kingdoms, such as
Nuhašše
Nuhašše, also Nuhašša, was a region in northwestern Syria that flourished in the 2nd millennium BC. It was a federacy ruled by different kings who collaborated and probably had a high king. Nuhašše changed hands between different powers in t ...
,
Niya, and others. In the Amarna letters, Barga is referenced only in one damaged letter, (EA 57,
EA for 'el
Amarna'), when referencing the "king of Barga" and "Akizzi, king of
Qatna
Qatna (modern: ar, تل المشرفة, Tell al-Mishrifeh) (also Tell Misrife or Tell Mishrifeh) was an ancient city located in Homs Governorate, Syria. Its remains constitute a tell situated about northeast of Homs near the village of al ...
".
See also
*
Amarna letters
*
Habiru
*
Nuhašše
Nuhašše, also Nuhašša, was a region in northwestern Syria that flourished in the 2nd millennium BC. It was a federacy ruled by different kings who collaborated and probably had a high king. Nuhašše changed hands between different powers in t ...
,
Niya (kingdom)
Niya, Niye, and also Niy of Thutmose I's Ancient Egypt, also Nii of the Amarna letters, and Nihe, etc. was a kingdom in Syria, or northern Syria.
In the Amarna letters correspondence of 1350- 1335 BC, ''Nii'' is only referenced in two letters, ...
, relative kingdoms
*
Akizzi, Prince of ''
Qatna
Qatna (modern: ar, تل المشرفة, Tell al-Mishrifeh) (also Tell Misrife or Tell Mishrifeh) was an ancient city located in Homs Governorate, Syria. Its remains constitute a tell situated about northeast of Homs near the village of al ...
''
*
Amarna letters–localities and their rulers
References
*
Moran, William L. ''The Amarna Letters.'' Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, )
Amarna letters locations
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