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Ma‘bad-e Choghā Zanbīl (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 00 32 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.0080 decimal degrees |
| Long: 048 31 18 E degrees minutes |
Long: 48.5210 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ruins of the holy city of the Kingdom of Elam, which was still unfinished at the time it was destroyed by the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal in 640 BCE. Site of a five story ziggurat surrounded by three concentric walls. |
Names: |
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| Ma‘bad-e Choghā Zanbīl (preferred,C,V)
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| Tchogha Zanbil (C,V)
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| Choga Zambil (C,V)
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| Choghā Zanbīl (C,V)
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| Tchoghā Zanbīl (C,V)
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| Chaqā-ye Zanbīl (C,V)
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| Choqāy Zanbīl (C,V)
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| Choqā Zanbīl (C,V)
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| Chogha Zanbil (C,V)
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| Chowghār Zanbīl (C,V)
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| معبد چغا زنبیل (C,V,Persian-Farsi,U)
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| چغا زنبیل (C,V)
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| Dur Untashi (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Iran (nation) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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| ruins (C) |
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| World Heritage Site (C) |
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from 1979 |
| inhabited place (H) |
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| city (H) |
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founded in 1250 BCE and destroyed Assyrian king Ashurbanipal in 640 BCE |
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