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Assur
Assur, located on the western bank of the Tigris River in northern Iraq, served as the original capital of the Assyrian state and remained a religious and cultural center throughout Assyrian history. The city was continuously occupied from around 2600 BCE and contains the remains of temples dedicated to the national deity Ashur, royal palaces, and ziggurats. UNESCO inscribed Assur as a World Herit...
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Hattusa
Hattusa was the capital city of the Hittite Empire, situated in central Anatolia near modern-day Boğazköy, Turkey. The site was occupied from approximately 1650 to 1200 BCE and is distinguished by its massive stone fortifications, underground tunnels, and the Great Temple complex. It also contained extensive cuneiform archives that have provided historians with significant details about Hittite la...
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