Assyrian Empire

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Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Uruk went into a steep decline until about 850 BC when the Neo-Assyrian Empire annexed it as a provincial capital. Under the Neo-Assyrians and Neo-Babylonians, Uruk regained much of its former glory (wiki)
Aleppo
Ancient Thebes
Ashur
Biblical Tells
Byblos
Damascus
Erbil Citadel: appears for the first time in historical sources during the Ur III period, and gained particular importance during the Neo-Assyrian period (wiki)
Old City of Acre
Palmyra
Paphos
Pyramids (Memphis)
Tyre

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