History & heritageMosul, Iraq
Dur-Sharrukin
Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II.
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Dur-Sharrukin, present day Khorsabad, was the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II of Assyria. Khorsabad is a village in northern Iraq, 15 km northeast of Mosul. The great city was entirely built in the decade preceding 706 BC. After the unexpected death of Sargon in battle, the capital was moved 20 km south to Nineveh.
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Open map: Dur-Sharrukin and 8 nearby attractions36.50953, 43.22931 · Mosul
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Photo credits (6)
- Tepe Gawra: Near_East_topographic_map-blank.svg : Sémhur derivative work: Zunkir ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
- Nineveh: Photo by Fredarch. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
- Al-Nabi Yunus Mosque: Younis ziyad · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Mount Alfaf: Levi Clancy · CC BY 4.0 · Commons
- Mor Mattai Monastery: kyselak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
- Bash Tapia Castle: Eng Omer Akram · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
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