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Āthār an Namrūd (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 23 31 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.3922 decimal degrees |
| Long: 044 20 31 E degrees minutes |
Long: 44.3423 decimal degrees |
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Note: Site of the remains of a ziggurat that was part of the Temple of Nabu. During excavations in the 19th century, it was believed these were the ruins of Babylon. Borsippa was destroyed by Xerxes I in the 5th century BCE. |
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| Āthār an Namrūd (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Birs Nimrud (C,V)
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| اثار النمرود (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| Īshān Nimrūd (C,V)
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| ثار النمرود (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| Borsippa (H,O,S)
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| Barsippa (H,V)
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| Barsip (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Iraq (nation) (P) |
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Bābil (governorate) (P) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| ancient site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| city (H) |
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flourish during the 2nd-1st millenium BCE |
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Related geographic places: |
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| formerly identified as .... |
Babylon .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States, Nevada, White Pine county) [2141869] |
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