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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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Uruk
Uruk was an ancient city of the Sumerian civilization located in southern Mesopotamia, in modern-day Iraq. Established during the Ubaid period around 4000 BCE, it was one of the earliest and most significant urban centers in human history, reaching a peak population of tens of thousands. The city is widely recognized as the birthplace of the cuneiform writing system, which emerged from its complex...
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