Assur
Assur is an ancient Assyrian ruin in Northwestern Iraq. In the Bronze Age, it was an important trade hub. The city remained continuously inhabited for over 4000 years, but was abandoned in the 14th century after the residents were massacred by the Timurid Empire.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Iraq, former capital of Assyria
- Also known as: “Alsacarte”, “Āshūr”, “Asiro”, “Asjoer, Aššur”, “Asshur”, “Assoer”, “Assoer (stad)”, “Aššûr”, “Asuro”, “Kalaat Szirkat”, “Kalah Sherkat”, “Kalat asz-Szarkat”, “Kalat Schergat”, “Kalat Scherkat”, “Kalat Scherkât”, “Laodiceo”, “Qal’at Sherqat”, “Qal’at Shirqat”, “Qalat Shergat”, “Ассур”, “Ашур (горад)”, “آثورا”, “آسورستان”, “اثورا”, “اسورستان”, “امپراتوری آشور”, “امپراتوری اشور”, “شهر آشور”, “قلعة الشرقاط”, “مدينة آشور”, “亚述城”, “亚述尔”, “卡拉特·塞尔卡特”, “舍尔加特堡”, “阿淑尔”, “阿淑尔城”, and “阿舒尔”
Assur
- Categories: human settlement, ancient city, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Al-Shirqat District, Salah ad Din Governorate, Northwestern Iraq, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.4567° or 35° 27′ 24″ north
Longitude
43.2625° or 43° 15′ 45″ east
Elevation
163 metres (535 feet)
Open location code
8H75F746+MX
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Assur” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Assur”
- Albanian: “Ashur”
- Amharic: “አሹር”
- Arabic: “آشور”
- Armenian: “Աշուր”
- Asturian: “Assur”
- Azerbaijani: “Aşşur”
- Bashkir: “Ашшур”
- Basque: “Assur”
- Belarusian: “Ашур”
- Bengali: “আশুর”
- Bulgarian: “Ашур”
- Catalan: “Assur”
- Central Kurdish: “ئاشوور”
- Chinese: “亚述古城”
- Chinese: “亞述古城”
- Croatian: “Ašur”
- Czech: “Aššúr”
- Dagbani: “Assur”
- Dutch: “Assur”
- Dutch: “Aššur”
- Egyptian Arabic: “آشور”
- Esperanto: “Aŝuro”
- Estonian: “Assur”
- Fanti: “Assur”
- Finnish: “Assur”
- French: “Assur”
- Galician: “Assur”
- Georgian: “აშური”
- German: “Aššur”
- Greek: “Ασσούρ”
- Hebrew: “אשור”
- Hindi: “अश्शूर”
- Hungarian: “Assur”
- Indonesian: “Assur”
- Irish: “Assur”
- Italian: “Assur”
- Japanese: “アッシュール”
- Japanese: “アッシュル”
- Kazakh: “Ашшур”
- Kirghiz: “Ашшур”
- Korean: “아수르”
- Korean: “아슈르”
- Kurdish: “Asûr”
- Kurdish: “ئاسوور”
- Latin: “Assur (urbs)”
- Latin: “Assur”
- Latvian: “Ašūra”
- Lithuanian: “Ašūras”
- Macedonian: “Асур”
- Maithili: “अशुर”
- Maltese: “Assur”
- Mingrelian: “აშური (ნოღა)”
- Mingrelian: “აშური”
- Mongolian: “Ашур”
- Mossi: “Assur”
- Nepali: “अशुर”
- Newari: “अश्शूर”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Assur”
- Norwegian: “Assur”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Assur”
- Persian: “آشور”
- Polish: “Aszur”
- Portuguese: “Assur”
- Romanian: “Assur”
- Russian: “Ашшур”
- Serbian: “Asur”
- Serbian: “Асур”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Asur”
- Slovak: “Aššur”
- Slovenian: “Ašur”
- Somali: “Assur”
- Spanish: “Assur”
- Spanish: “Aššur”
- Swedish: “Ashur”
- Swiss German: “Assur”
- Tagalog: “Assur”
- Tamil: “அசூர், பண்டைய நகரம்”
- Turkish: “Asur”
- Twi: “Assur”
- Ukrainian: “Ашшур”
- Urdu: “آشور”
- Uzbek: “Ashshur”
- Vietnamese: “Assur”
- Waray (Philippines): “Assur”
- Western Frisian: “Assur”
- Wu Chinese: “亚述古城”
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