Complex sentence: The Kingdom of Qatna was established around 2000 BC. At the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age I, the city expanded and covered an area of, and this growth reduced the number of the small settlements as people were drawn into the expanded metropolis.
Split into simpler sentences: The Kingdom of Qatna was established around 2000 BC. At the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age I, the city expanded and covered an area of. This growth reduced the number of the small settlements as people were drawn into the expanded metropolis.