Complex sentence: Emar attracted many Babylonian merchants who lived in the city and had a lasting impact on the local scribal conventions, since as late as the 14th-century BC texts of the so-called (Syrian type) from Emar preserve a distinct Babylonian traits.
Split into simpler sentences: Emar attracted many Babylonian merchants, who lived in the city and had a lasting impact on the local scribal conventions. As late as the 14th-century BC, texts of the so-called (Syrian type) from Emar preserve a distinct Babylonian traits.