Bostra [Syria]

Then name of Bosra appeared in the royal correspondence between the Pharaohs and the Phoenician and Amorite kings i. e. in Tell el-Amarna tablets in Egypt, which date from the 14th century B.C.

See:

1. http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=22
2. Immanuel Benzinger: Bostra. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Band III,1, Stuttgart 1897, col. 789–791
3. Maurice Sartre: Bostra. In: Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum. Supplementband 2, Lieferung 9. Hiersemann, Stuttgart 2002, col.. 98–149
4. https://www.bosracity.com/pages/history.htm