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.
- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of around 160 metres (530 feet)
- Description: archaeological site in Iraq, former capital of Assyria
- Also known as“Āshūr”“Asshur”“Qal’at Sherqat”
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude
35.4567° or 35° 27′ 24″ north
Longitude
43.2625° or 43° 15′ 45″ east
Open location code
8H75F746+MX
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Assur” goes by many names.
Asjoer, AššurAfrikaans
AssurAfrikaans
AshurAlbanian
አሹርAmharic
آشورArabic
قلعة الشرقاطArabic
مدينة آشورArabic
ԱշուրArmenian
AssurAsturian
AşşurAzerbaijani
АссурBashkir
АшшурBashkir
AssurBasque
АшурBelarusian
Ашур (горад)Belarusian
আশুরBengali
АсурBulgarian
АшурBulgarian
AssurCatalan
ئاشوورCentral Kurdish
亚述古城Chinese
亚述城Chinese
亚述尔Chinese
亞述古城Chinese
卡拉特·塞尔卡特Chinese
舍尔加特堡Chinese
阿淑尔Chinese
阿淑尔城Chinese
阿舒尔Chinese
AšurCroatian
AššúrCzech
AssurDagbani
AssoerDutch
Assoer (stad)Dutch
AššurDutch
Qal’at SherqatDutch
آشورEgyptian Arabic
AsiroEsperanto
AŝuroEsperanto
AššurEstonian
Qal’at SherqatEstonian
AssurFanti
AssurFinnish
AssurGalician
აშურიGeorgian
ΑσσούρGreek
אשורHebrew
अश्शूरHindi
AssurHungarian
AssurIndonesian
AssurIrish
AssurItalian
Kalah SherkatItalian
Qal’at SherqatItalian
Qal’at ShirqatItalian
アッシュールJapanese
アッシュルJapanese
АшшурKazakh
АшшурKirghiz
아수르Korean
아슈르Korean
AsûrKurdish
ئاسوورKurdish
AssurLatin
Assur (urbs)Latin
AšūraLatvian
AšūrasLithuanian
АсурMacedonian
अशुरMaithili
AshurMaltese
AššurMaltese
აშურიMingrelian
აშური (ნოღა)Mingrelian
АшурMongolian
AssurMossi
अशुरNepali
अश्शूरNewari
AssurNorwegian
AssurNorwegian Bokmål
AssurOccitan (post 1500)
آثوراPersian
آسورستانPersian
آشورPersian
امپراتوری اشورPersian
شهر آشورPersian
AszurPolish
Kalaat SzirkatPolish
Kalat asz-SzarkatPolish
AssurRomanian
АссурRussian
АшшурRussian
AsurSerbian
АсурSerbian
АшурSerbian
AssurSerbo-Croatian
AšurSerbo-Croatian
AššurSlovak
AšurSlovenian
AssurSomali
AshurSwedish
AssurSwedish
Qal’at SherqatSwedish
Qalat ShergatSwedish
AssurSwiss German
AssurTagalog
அசூர், பண்டைய நகரம்Tamil
AsurTurkish
AssurTwi
АшшурUkrainian
آشورUrdu
AshshurUzbek
AssurVietnamese
AssurWaray (Philippines)
AssurWestern Frisian
亚述古城Wu Chinese
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