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Kharā’ib al Ashūrīyīn (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 27 21 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.4561 decimal degrees |
| Long: 043 15 25 E degrees minutes |
Long: 43.2577 decimal degrees |
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Note: Site of ancient city on the western bank of the river Tigris, in the Qal'at Sherqat district and near the city of Ash Sharqāţ (Qal'at Sherqat); was an Early Bronze Age settlement by during 3rd mill. BCE; earliest capital of Assyria until replaced by Calah in the 9th century BCE; destroyed by Medes in 614 BCE. |
Names: |
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| Kharā’ib al Ashūrīyīn (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Ashur (C,V,S,English,U,N)
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| Asur (C,V,Spanish,U)
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| Assour (C,V,French,U)
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| Asshur (C,V)
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| Assur (C,V)
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| Ashur Qal'at Sherqat (C,V)
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| Aššur (C,V,Akkadian,U)
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| آشور (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| خرائب الاشورين (C,V)
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| אַשּׁוּר (C,V,Hebrew ,U)
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| アッシュール (C,V,Japanese,U)
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| 亚述古城 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| Древний город Ашшур (C,V,Russian,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Iraq (nation) (P) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Assyria (former nation/state/empire) (P,H) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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| ruins (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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early excavations by Walter Andrae from 1903-1913 |
| World Heritage Site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| urban center (H) |
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| trade center (H) |
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| capital (H) |
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| Assyrian (H) |
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| Sumerian (H) |
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| Early Bronze Age (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Ash Sharqāţ .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Iraq, Şalāḩ ad Dīn) [7594420] |
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