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Tall al Hibā (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 25 12 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.4205 decimal degrees |
| Long: 046 24 28 E degrees minutes |
Long: 46.4084 decimal degrees |
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Note: Considered to be the location of the ancient Sumerian city of Lagash, one of the oldest cities of the ancient Near East; located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, east of Uruk, about 14 miles east of Ash-Shaṭrah, Iraq. Was the religious center of the Lagash state. |
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| Tall al Hibā (preferred,C,V)
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| Tell al-Hiba (C,V)
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| al-Hiba (C,V,S)
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| el-Hibeh (C,V)
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| Lagash (H,V,LC)
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| Lakash (H,V)
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| Ṭalʿah (C,V)
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| Girsu (C,V)
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| Telloh (C,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Iraq (nation) (P) |
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Maysān (governorate) (P) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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probably founded in 6th millennium BCE |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| ancient site (C) |
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| tell (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| Sumerian (H) |
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| religious center (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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Ash-Shaṭrah .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Iraq, Dhī Qār) [1079409] |
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