Tunip was a city/'city-state' in western Syria during the 1350-1335 BC, (and prior to that time), Amarna letters correspondence. The name "Syria" did not exist, though Assyria was beginning. The regions were: Amurru, Nuhašše, the Amqu (the Beqaa), Nii, etc. The record of the appellation 'Tunip' is mainly from Egyptian records, (Thutmose III, and Ramesses II), and especially the Amarna letters. But see also: Tunip-Tessup-(of 1550 BC).