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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:ancient_city
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gptkbp:abandoned
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14th century CE
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gptkbp:archaeologicalFinds
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gptkb:artifacts
inscriptions
clay tablets
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gptkbp:archaeologicalSite
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yes
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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Assyrian kings
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gptkbp:conqueredBy
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gptkb:Babylonians
gptkb:Medes
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Iraq
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gptkbp:destroyedBy
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614 BCE
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gptkbp:distanceFromBaghdad
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~110 km south
~280 km north
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gptkbp:excavatedBy
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gptkb:Walter_Andrae
1903
1914
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gptkbp:founded
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3rd millennium BCE
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gptkbp:functionedAs
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trading center
religious capital
political capital
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gptkbp:hasInscription
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UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger
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gptkbp:historicalName
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gptkb:Aššur
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Ashur (city)
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gptkbp:inscribedInDangerListSince
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2003
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gptkbp:language
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Akkadian
Assyrian
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Assyria
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gptkbp:locatedOn
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west bank of the Tigris River
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gptkbp:modernLocation
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gptkb:Qal'at_Sherqat
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Ashur_(god)
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gptkbp:notableBuilding
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gptkb:city
gptkb:monument
gptkb:temple_of_Ashur
palaces
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gptkbp:notableRuler
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gptkb:Shalmaneser_I
gptkb:Ashur-uballit_I
gptkb:Tukulti-Ninurta_I
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gptkbp:periodOfGreatestImportance
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gptkb:Middle_Assyrian_period
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Salah_ad_Din_Governorate
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gptkbp:religiousSignificance
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center of worship for Ashur (god)
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gptkbp:repopulated
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gptkb:Parthian_period
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gptkbp:significance
|
first capital of the Assyrian Empire
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gptkbp:threats
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gptkb:military
proposed dam construction
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gptkbp:tradeRoutes
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gptkb:Anatolia
gptkb:Babylonia
gptkb:Levant
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gptkbp:UNESCO_criteria
|
(iii) (iv) (v)
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gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
|
2003
yes
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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cuneiform
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Ashur_(Assyrian_god)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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