Egypt had an extremely vital role in the Eastern Mediterranean coast since the beginning of
the third millennium BC, allowing Egypt to control and impose its political and ideological
domination on the surrounding cities to obtain the products that Egypt lacked. Thus, many of
the names of the Syrian cities were mentioned in the Egyptian records, including the city and
port of Ullaza. Because of its strategic location and economic wealth, Ullaza became the
focus of the forces that competed Egypt in its domination, including the Mittani, Hittites, and
Kingdom of Amurru during the second millennium BC.