Assyrian Empire
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| 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 | ||
| Arslantepe Mound | - The long sequence of the site covers several millennia at least from the 6th millennium BC until the final destruction of the neo-Hittite town by Sargon II of Assyria in 712 BC. After a short neo-Assyrian occupation, the site was abandoned. (Executive summary, p. 2) | |
| 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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