Ugarit

### GDP

• Total: 70 million Egyptian shematy (71 AEE)• Per capita: 83.16 Egyptian shematy (71 AEE)

The Kingdom of Ugarit was a puppet state of the Kingdom of Hatti, located south of Kizzuwatna and north of Amurru. It was established in 38 AEE after the Second Hittite-Egyptian War, as stipulated in the Treaty of Damascus. The state was ruled from the city of Ugarit.

The population was split between the Ugaritics, living along the coast, and the Amorites, living more inland, with some Hittites in the north and other groups spread out all over the kingdom. Around 90% of the population worshiped the Levantine pantheon of gods, while the remainder (mostly Hittites) worshiped the Hittite pantheon, though there was some overlap between the two groups. The kingdom had an urbanization level of 28.9%.

The Kingdom of Ugarit had a GDP per capita of 83.16 Egyptian shematy in 71 AEE, which was higher than most countries, independent or puppet, even Hatti itself. This was due to the region having good farmlands, a wealthy and sizeable merchant class, as Ugarit was located on the crossroads of many trade routes, and many prosperous cities. Unlike Amurru, which was subsidized by Egypt, Ugarit instead paid a portion of its revenues to Hatti. The main job sectors in the country were farming, trading, and shipbuilding.

Ugarit had no official army or navy, as it was established as a demilitarized zone. Only city garrisons, law enforcement officers, and light patrol boats were allowed by the terms of the Treaty of Damascus. However, just like in Amurru, this was being circumvented by Ugaritic ships being sent to the Hittite fleet in Tarsus and repurposed as warships, and the king of Ugarit was asked to have a ready supply of men for the army, so that the Hittites could immediately recruit them into their forces when they enter the country if war with Egypt was to occur.

The Fifth Conference of the Great Powers' Club took place in the city of Ugarit in 71 AEE and both Harharan and Suppiluliuma IV had invested a lot into the renovation of it and new building projects, such as the new palace of the king of Ugarit, which served as the meeting place of the attending kings of the great powers, as well as their and their attendants' living quarters.

**Spoiler warning: this section contains spoilers for the novel The Rise of Kemet.**

Shortly before the Conference, the king Harharran left the country under the guise of a hinting expedition, when in reality he was leaving to hide with the Arabs, as he had sent his agents to poison the drinks of the attending kings and so assassinate them, as part of Shilhak-Inshushinak's grand plan. Shortly after the assassination of the kings, the Great Powers' War began, and Hittite troops marched through the country to fight with the Egyptians. A manhunt was issued for Harharran but the renegade king was not found. In the meantime, the Hittite military under Muwatalli III himself and generals Lihsuman and Huhhaziti took control of Ugarit directly, making it essentially a large wartime camp for their soldiers and captured prisoners. In 73 AEE the kingdom was invaded by Shilhak and his forces during the Battle of Qatna and quickly taken over, with the region being reorganized into the Elamite puppet Kingdom of the Levant, under the returned Harharran.