Assur - Wikipedia
WEBParthian temple in Assur. The city revived during the Parthian Empire period, particularly between 150 BC and 270 AD, its population expanding and it becoming an administrative centre of Parthian-ruled Assuristan. Assyriologists Simo Parpola and Patricia Crone suggest Assur may have had outright independence in this period. New administrative ...
Assur - World History Encyclopedia
WEBJan 27, 2017 · Assur (also known as Ashur) was the supreme god of the Assyrians. What did Assur look like? Assur's iconography depicts him as a crown, a crown on a throne, or an archer within a winged disc.
Ashur | Ancient Assyrian City, Iraq History & Ruins | Britannica
WEBAshur, ancient religious capital of Assyria, located on the west bank of the Tigris River in northern Iraq. The first scientific excavations there were conducted by a German expedition (1903–13) led by Walter Andrae.
At the Iraqi Site of Assur, Ancient History Stands at Risk of ...
WEBAt the Iraqi Site of Assur, Ancient History Stands at Risk of Destruction. In its time, the Assyrian capital faced waves of invasions and abandonment. Now a small team of archaeologists are...
Ashur - World History Encyclopedia
WEBJun 30, 2014 · Ashur (also known as Assur) was an Assyrian city located on a plateau above the Tigris River in Mesopotamia (today known as Qalat Sherqat, northern Iraq). The city was an important center of trade...
Both Religion and Royalty Reigned in the Assyrian City of Assur
WEBAug 28, 2018 · Known today also as Qal’at Sherqat, the ancient Assyrian city of Assur is located in the Saladin Governorate of modern day Iraq, about 280 km (174 miles) north of the capital, Baghdad. This city was first settled by human beings during the 3 rd millennium BC, and is believed to have been occupied up until the 2 nd century AD.
Ashur – First Capital And Powerful Religious Center Of The …
WEBJun 28, 2019 · In the city, there was an early cult of the gods Adad, Assur, and the goddess Ishtar. Ashur contained a large number of important religious buildings, and a handful of palaces (more exactly three of them and thirty-four temples, based on ancient sources dated to the 7 th century BC).
Who and what is ASSHUR? (aka Asur, Assur, Ashur, etc.)
WEBAssur (Asshur), the city and the region. The people of this city and region are called Assyrians. Whereas, the people called Ashurites (aka Asherites) are people of the Hebrew Tribe of Asher. In ancient times, the Assyrians grew …
History of Ashur, the ancient religious capital of Assyria
WEBAshur, Ancient religious capital of Assyria. It is located on the Tigris River, 60 mi (97 km) south of Mosul, Iraq. The name Ashur was applied to the city, to Assyria itself, and to Assyria’s principal god. The capital’s site was originally occupied c. 2500 bc.
Ashur | God of Assyria, Storms & War | Britannica
WEBAshur, in Mesopotamian religion, city god of Ashur and national god of Assyria. In the beginning he was perhaps only a local deity of the city that shared his name. From about 1800 bc onward, however, there appear to have been strong tendencies to identify him with the Sumerian Enlil (Akkadian: