Ura, Anatolia

Ura was very important port on the east Mediterranean coast of the southern Anatolia, in the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age. Probably located modern Silifke, or further west of Gilindere.[1]

In the Late Bronze Age Ura belonged to the kingdom of Tarhuntassa.

Ura was the major port of Anatolia to which grain and goods were brought from Egypt and Canaan via Ugarit for transshipment to the Hitite Empire .[2]

Ura is perhaps to be identified with the site of Soli (later Pompeipolis). This city was founded by Greeks on the Mediterranean coast, in 8th century BC.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Trevor Bryce, The Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia, Routledge, Oxon, 2011, page.746,
  2. ↑ Trevor Bryce, The Kingdom of Hittites, Oxford Univercitiy Press, New York, 2005, page 331,
  3. ↑ Trevor Bryce, The Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia, Routledge, Oxon, 2011, page.746,

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Trevor Bryce, The Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia,Routledge, Oxon, 2011, ISBN 978-0-415-69261-8

Trevor Bryce, The Kingdom of Hittites,Oxford University Press, New York,2005, ISBN 978-0-19-928132-9

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