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The destruction of this city described in a letter from its last king Ammurapi is considered a key indicator of the Late Bronze Age collapse. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this ancient port city-state that was located in modern-day Syria and reportedly destroyed by the Sea Peoples. A large collection of texts written in the Semitic language named for this city includes the Legend of Kirit.
ANSWER: Ugarit [accept Ugaritic texts; accept Ugarītu]
[10h] A collection of songs written in this language, whose Hymn to Nikkal is considered the oldest surviving transcription of music, was also discovered in Ugarit. This was the main language spoken in a kingdom ruled from Washukanni.
ANSWER: Hurrian [accept Hurrian songs] (The kingdom is the Mitanni.)
[10e] The Hurrian songs and Ugaritic texts were written in this wedge-shaped type of script, which was used to transcribe many Mesopotamian languages such as Akkadian.
ANSWER: cuneiform
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Cornell ACornell C0101020
BinghamtonRIT A001010
Cornell BRIT B10101030