Calah

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Calah is an ancient Assyrian city, better known today as Nimrud, which served as a major political and cultural center of the Neo-Assyrian Empire in northern Mesopotamia.

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Calah canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian city
ancient city
archaeological site
alsoKnownAs Kalah
Kalhu
Nimrud
approximateDistanceFrom about 30 kilometers southeast of Mosul
capitalFromCentury 9th century BCE
culture Assyrian
linked to: Assyrians
dedicatedTempleTo Ishtar
linked to: Inanna

Nabu
Ninurta
excavatedBy Austen Henry Layard
excavationBeganIn 1840s
flourishedInPeriod Neo-Assyrian Empire
foundedBy Shalmaneser I
foundedInCentury 13th century BCE
governedBy Assyrian kings
linked to: King of Assyria
hasArchaeologicalSiteName Nimrud
hasNotableStructure Fort Shalmaneser
Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II
hasTypeSiteFor Neo-Assyrian palace reliefs
heritageStatus important archaeological heritage site of Iraq
inscriptionsLanguage Akkadian
knownFor fortifications
lamassu sculptures
linked to: Lamassu sculptures

palaces
reliefs
temples
locatedIn Assyria
northern Mesopotamia
locatedInPresentDay Iraq
locatedNear Mosul
locatedOn east bank of the Tigris River
madeCapitalBy Ashurnasirpal II
nearbyRiver Tigris
partOf Neo-Assyrian Empire
rebuiltBy Ashurnasirpal II
region Mesopotamia
religion Mesopotamian polytheism
servedAs capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
major cultural center of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
major political center of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
sufferedEvent destruction and looting in the 21st century
threatenedBy ISIS
timePeriod Bronze Age
Iron Age
writingSystem cuneiform

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nimrud alsoKnownAs Calah
Kalhu alsoKnownAs Calah
Kalah hasName Calah
Kalkhu alsoKnownAs Calah