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Facts

Also Known As Assur • Ash-Sharqāṭ • Sharqāṭ, Qalʿat • Qalʿat Sharqāṭ

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Ashur, Iraq, designated a World Heritage site in 2003.
Ashur, Iraq
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Assyria
ancient kingdom, Mesopotamia
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Iraq
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Bas-relief depicting the founding Assyrian king of Nineveh, Sennacherib
Sennacherib
king of Assyria

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