History & heritageDiyala Governorate, Iraq

Choga Mami

Archaeological site in Iraq.

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Choga Mami was a Samarran settlement site in Diyala in Eastern Iraq in the Mandali region. It shows the first canal irrigation in operation around 6000 BCE. The site, about 70 miles northeast of Baghdad, has been dated to the late 6th millennium BCE. It was occupied in several phases from the Samarran culture through the Ubaid. Buildings were rectangular and built of mud brick, including a guard tower at the settlement's entrance.

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33.88333, 45.44999 · Diyala Governorate