Worth knowing
Syria
The hymn was pressed into a clay tablet in the port city of Ugarit around 1400 BC. It is a song to Nikkal, a goddess of orchards, and it comes with directions for tuning a lyre.
Where its story happens
Ugarit, at 35.60°N, 35.78°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Syria
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the easy countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Syria, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, between Turkey and Jordan. See Syria on a map.
- Its capital, Damascus, is often called the oldest capital city in the world.
- Damask cloth and a legendary sword steel are both named after its capital.
- In a few of its mountain villages, people still speak Aramaic, the language of Jesus.
- The oldest complete piece of written music ever found, a hymn about 3,400 years old, was dug up in this country.