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Historical ages in Syria in the third millennium B.C. the remains of Ebla
discovered a few years ago on Tel Mardikh, south of Aleppo, confirm the fact
that a prosperous Kingdom existed in the second half of the third
millennium. B.C. The finds at Tel Hariri Marie on the Euphrates River have
furnished valuable information about the ancient history of Syria and her
relations with the kingdoms of Mesopotamia. ancient Syria was the target of
some more powerful neighboring kingdoms at the time. the Akkadians
controlled Syria having defeated the kingdom of Ebla in 2250 B.C., and the
Egyptians sought to rule the entire of Syria in the second millennium B.C. In the 12th century B.C. however, the eastern coastline of the Mediterranean experienced dramatic changes through the attacks launched by the "Sea Peoples" and by the successive waves of immigration by Semitic tribes, which eventually led to the rise of new kingdoms such as the Aramaeans in the cities of Damascus, Hama, and Aleppo, and the Canaanite city states on the coastline such as Arwad, Tyre and Jbeil
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