THE EGYPTIAN ROLE IN ULLAZA DURING THE SECOND MILLENNIUM B.C

Abstract

Egypt had an extremely vital role in the Eastern Mediterranean coast since the beginning ofthe third millennium BC, allowing Egypt to control and impose its political and ideologicaldomination on the surrounding cities to obtain the products that Egypt lacked. Thus, many ofthe names of the Syrian cities were mentioned in the Egyptian records, including the city andport of Ullaza. Because of its strategic location and economic wealth, Ullaza became thefocus of the forces that competed Egypt in its domination, including the Mittani, Hittites, andKingdom of Amurru during the second millennium BC.