Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)
World Heritage
Iraq
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The ancient city of Ashur is located on the Tigris River in northern Mesopotamia, in a special geo-ecological zone, at the junction of rain-fed and irrigated agriculture. The city dates back to the 3rd millennium BC. From the 14th to the 9th century BC, it was the first capital of the Assyrian Empire, a city-state and trading platform of international importance. It was also the religious capital of the Assyrians, associated with the god Ashur. The city was destroyed by the Babylonians, but revived during the Parthian period in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD.
# Ancient City
# Assyrian Empire
# Tigris River
# Irrigation Agriculture
# Trading Platform
# Religious capital
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/Statue of the god Kidudu, guardian spirit of the wall of the city of Ashur. Circa 835 BC. From Ashur.jpg)
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| office held by head of the organization | http://g.co/kg/m/02wkmf |
| Commons category | Assur (city) |
| valid in period | standard time |
| inception | -2499-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| coordinate location | Point(43.2625 35.456666666) |
| start time | 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| page banner | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Assur%20Iraq%20banner.jpg |
| area | 70 |
| World Heritage criteria | Larousse Encyclopedia online |
| uses | 4003281-4 |
| image | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ashur%20%28Qal%27at%20Sherqat%29-115188.jpg |
| located in the administrative territorial entity | Saladin Governorate |
| located in or next to body of water | Tigris |
| locator map image | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Assur.png |
| executive body | Assur (city) |
| male population | 1896834 |
| IPA transcription | 1843552 |
| point in time | 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| director / manager | Peter A. Miglus |
| point in time | 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| director / manager | Peter A. Miglus |
| point in time | 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| director / manager | Barthel Hrouda |
| point in time | 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| director / manager | Reinhard Dittmann |
| point in time | 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| director / manager | Barthel Hrouda |
| point in time | 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| director / manager | Reinhard Dittmann |
| start time | -0910-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| end time | -0607-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| start time | -1364-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| end time | -1049-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| start time | -2024-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| end time | -1749-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| start time | 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| official name | آشور (القلعة الشرقية) |
| official name | Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) |
| official name | Asur (Qal’at Sherqat) |
| official name | Assour (Qal'at Cherqat) |
| official name | アッシュール（カラット・シェルカット） |
| official name | Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) |
| official name | Древний город Ашшур (Калат-Шергат) |
| official name | 亚述古城 |
| volume as quantity | Larousse Encyclopedia online |
| area | 100 |
| applies to part | buffer zone |
| director of archaeological fieldwork | Leopold Messerschmidt |
| start time | 1902-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| end time | 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z |