Assyrian Empire
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Connected Sites
- 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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