Ebla is perhaps one of the most important bronze age sites discovered after World War II. However, its history and its place in Bronze Age civilization as well as its relationship with the world of the Old Testament are, as of yet to be revealed.

The important discovery in 1975 of clay tablets at this site should throw light on its role in history.

Ebla undoubtedly was a power in northern Syria in the late third and early second millennium. Its discovery reveals a Syrian trade center, the counterparts to the major centers Sumer and Akkad in southern Iraq.

Ebla was probably founded by Amorites. Their history was written in a language named “Eblaite”.

Ebla was part of an advanced network of urban societies whose power was based upon the agricultural wealth of the region. Ebla enjoyed its peak of prosperity in 2400 to 2250 BC. at which time it controlled most of the western part of northern Syria and was allied with Mari to the East. Its power was put to an end by Saragon, the first great Akkadian ruler or by his grandson Naram-sin in 2250 BC. After that it never enjoyed its glorious past.

The 17000 tablets and other fragments from the archives of the Ebla royal palace (dating to the 25^th century BC.) not only reveal the existence of a hitherto unknown ancient Semitic language, but also unveiled several centuries of third millennium history. There remains no doubt that Ebla was the center of the proto-Syrian culture which emerged in the third millennium in inner Syria.

The excavations at Ebla have not only confirmed her grandeur and the importance of Ebla, but have also enabled specialists to retrace the history of this culture back to its early phase and the beginnings of urbanization up until its apogee in around the year 2300 BC., and its destruction by the Akkadian kings of Mesopotamia.

Finds from Ebla housed at the museums of Damascus and Aleppo tell of the rich history of this region.