Qatna

settlement · 4000 BC – 2100 AD

A city in western Syria that was first settled in the Early Bronze Age III (ca. 2700-2600 BCE). In the Middle Bronze Age (2000-1600 BCE), it became a major trading center and the capital of a regional kingdom. In the Late Bronze Age, the city of Qatna became a vassal of first the Mitanni Kingdom, then the Neo-Hittite Empire, and Egypt. The city's acropolis was abandoned in the Late Bronze Age I, though the surrounding area remained inhabited. It was resettled in the 10th century BCE as part of the Aramaean kingdom of Hamath, but was sacked by the army of Sargon II in 720 and ultimately abandoned in the 6th century BCE.

Qatna
Coordinates
34.83467, 36.86631
Also known as
Al Mashrafah, Mashrafah, Qaṭna, Qatna (arb), Qaṭnа̄, Qatna (arb), Qàt-na (akk), Tell Mischrife (ara), Tell al-Mishrifeh, Tell al-Mushrifah, Tell el-Mishrife, Tell al-Mišrife (arb), Tell el-Meschrifeh (ara), Tell el-Mushrefa (ara), qdnA (egy), Гатна (rus), Катна (srp), קטנה (heb), تل المشرفة (ara), تل المشرفة (arb), قطنا (ara), قطنا (arb), قطنة (arb)
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