Barga was an ancient city and later kingdom in the Syrian Coastal Mountain Range in the Bronze age and

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age.

Middle Bronze

In the Middle Bronze, Parga/Barga was a contested city between Yamhad and Qatna near Hamath.

Late Bronze

Barga was a

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in the Amarna letters period of

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- 1335 BC and later. It is mentioned as the "land of Barga" by Mursilis II in treaties, (see Habiru). The Amarna letters correspondence is composed of 382 clay 'tablet-letters', the majority written to the pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, and Barga is only referenced in the subcorpus letters authored by Akizzi, the Prince of

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. The region was generally southwest of Aleppo, in the neighborhood of other kingdoms, such as

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, Niya, and others. In the Amarna letters, Barga is referenced only in one damaged letter, (EA 57, EA for 'el Amarna'), when referencing the "king of Barga" and "Akizzi, king of

References

* Moran, William L. ''The Amarna Letters.'' Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, ) Amarna letters locations {{AncientEgypt-stub

Middle Bronze

Late Bronze

See also

References