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Ugaritic, a language developed in ancient Syria, is considered to be the world's earliest known alphabet.

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Syria

Population
25.6M
Area
185,180 km²
Capital
Damascus
Continent
Asia
57th most populous country in the world

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north and northwest, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest.

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