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Şankarah (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 17 06 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.2858 decimal degrees |
| Long: 045 51 10 E degrees minutes |
Long: 45.8536 decimal degrees |
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Note: Rivalled Isin for hegemony in Mesopotamia after 1950 BCE; defeated by Hammurabi (1763), who united Babylonia under his rule; was dedicated to sun god Shamash (Utu); artifacts include temple libraries and documents. |
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| Şankarah (preferred,C,V)
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| Tall Sankar (C,V)
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| Senkereh (C,V)
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| Sankara (C,V)
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| Sankarah, Tall (C,V)
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| Tall Sankarah (C,V)
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............ | Arabic name |
| Tell Senkereh (C,V)
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| Larsa (H,V)
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| Ellasar (H,V)
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| صنكرة (C,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Iraq (nation) (P) |
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Şankarah (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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was great city by 2nd millennium BCE |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Babylonia, 1900-1700s BCE |
| trade center (H) |
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| Sumerian (H) |
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