Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| The remains of the city lie on the western bank of the Tigris River, north of the confluence with its tributary, the Little Zab, in what is now Iraq, more precisely in the al-Shirqat District of the Saladin Governorate. | WIKI |
| Occupation of the city itself continued for approximately 4,000 years, from c. 2600 BC[3][4] to the mid-14th century AD, when the forces of Timur massacred its population. | WIKI |
| Axc5xa1xc5xa1ur is the name of the city, of the land ruled by the city, and of its tutelary deity from which the natives took their name, as did the entire nation of Assyria which encompassed what is today northern Iraq, north east Syria and south east Turkey. | WIKI |
| Archaeology reveals the site of the city was occupied by the middle of the 3rd millennium BC. | WIKI |
| The oldest remains of the city were discovered in the foundations of the Ishtar temple, as well as at the Old Palace. | WIKI |
| In the subsequent period, the city was ruled by kings from the Akkadian Empire. | WIKI |
| During the Third Dynasty of Ur, the city was ruled by Assyrian governors subject to the Sumerians. | WIKI |
| Layout and expansion of the city over the centuries | WIKI |
| The Assyrian king Ushpia who reigned around the 21st century BC is credited with dedicating the first temple of the god Ashur in his home city, although this comes from a later inscription from Shalmaneser I in the 13th century. | WIKI |
| The temple likely dates to the original settlement of the site when the people of Ashur established their nation under the patronage of the city's god. | WIKI |
| Soon after in around 2000 BC, Puzur-Ashur I founded a new dynasty, with his successors such as Ilushuma, Erishum I and Sargon I leaving inscriptions regarding the building of temples to Ashur, Adad and Ishtar in the city. | WIKI |
| With Shamshi-Adad I's (1813xe2x80x931781 BC) capital at Assur, he magnified the city's power and influence beyond the Tigris river valley, establishing what some regard as the first Assyrian Empire. | WIKI |
| However, this empire met its end when Hammurabi, the Amorite king of Babylon conquered and incorporated the city into his short lived empire following the death of Ishme-Dagan I around 1756 BC, while the next three Assyrian kings were viewed as vassals. | WIKI |
| Evidence of further building activity is known from a few centuries later, during the reign of a native king Puzur-Ashur III, when the city was refortified and the southern districts incorporated into the main city defenses. | WIKI |
| The city was subsequently subjugated by the king of Mitanni, Shaushtatar in the late 15th century, taking the gold and silver doors of the temple to his capital, Washukanni, as spoils. | WIKI |
| The following centuries witnessed the restoration of the old temples and palaces of Assur, and the city once more became the throne of a magnanimous empire from 1365 BC to 1076 BC. | WIKI |
| The walled area of the city in the Middle Assyrian period made up some 1.2 square kilometres (300 acres). | WIKI |
| [17] However, he died in battle and his son and successor Sennacherib (705xe2x80x93682 BC) abandoned the city, choosing to magnify Nineveh as his royal capital. | WIKI |
| In the reign of Sennacherib (705xe2x80x93682 BC), the House of the New Year, Akitu, was built, and the festivities celebrated in the city. | WIKI |
| The city was sacked and largely destroyed during the decisive battle of Assur, a major confrontation between the Assyrian and Median armies. | WIKI |
| The city and region of Ashur had once more gained a degree of militaristic and economic strength. | WIKI |
| The city revived during the Parthian Empire period, particularly between 150 BC and 270 AD, being resettled and becoming an administrative centre of Parthian-ruled Assuristan. | WIKI |
| New administrative buildings were erected to the north of the old city, and a palace to the south. | WIKI |
| The Persian Shapur I (241xe2x80x93272) captured and sacked the city in 257 AD after doing the same to Osroene, Adiabene, Beth Nuhadra, Beth Garmai and Hatra, incorporating them into the Sassanid Empire. | WIKI |
| Though destroyed by Shapur I, the city remained inhabited until the 12th and 13th century, when it belonged successively to the Zengid dynasty and the Ilkhanate. | WIKI |
| [30] An AP report from December 2016 after the Iraqi forces had retaken the area, said that the militants tried to destroy the city's grand entrance arches, but they remained standing and a local historian described the damage as "minor". | WIKI |