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Bookmark or Share- Assur - World History EncyclopediaAssur (also known as Ashur) was the supreme god of the Assyrians. What did Assur look like? Assur's iconography depicts him as a crown, a crown on a throne, or an archer within a winged disc.
- Ashur – First Capital And Powerful Religious Center Of The Assyrian ...Ashur – Important Religious Center. The city was Assyria's oldest capital, which was already known during Akkadian and Sumerian times. It was also an important religious center for worship of the supreme god Ashur, who became the national god of Assyria and protected the Assyrian kings.
- Assyria - WikipediaAssyria ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , māt Aššur) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC, then to a territorial state, and eventually an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC. [4]
- Ashur - World History EncyclopediaAshur (also known as Assur) was an Assyrian city located on a plateau above the Tigris River in Mesopotamia (today known as Qalat Sherqat, northern Iraq). The city was an important center of trade...
- Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) - UNESCO World Heritage CentreAshur (Qal'at Sherqat) The ancient city of Ashur is located on the Tigris River in northern Mesopotamia in a specific geo-ecological zone, at the borderline between rain-fed and irrigation agriculture. The city dates back to the 3rd millennium BC.
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