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Şankarah (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 31 17 06 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.2858 decimal degrees |
Long: 045 51 10 E degrees minutes |
Long: 45.8536 decimal degrees |
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Note: Rivalled Isin for hegemony in Mesopotamia after 1950 BCE; defeated by Hammurabi (1763), who united Babylonia under his rule; was dedicated to sun god Shamash (Utu); artifacts include temple libraries and documents. |
Names: |
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Şankarah (preferred,C,V)
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Tall Sankar (C,V)
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Senkereh (C,V)
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Sankara (C,V)
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Sankarah, Tall (C,V)
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Tall Sankarah (C,V)
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............ | Arabic name |
Tell Senkereh (C,V)
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Larsa (H,V)
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Ellasar (H,V)
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صنكرة (C,V)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Şankarah (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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was great city by 2nd millennium BCE |
archaeological site (C) |
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inhabited place (H) |
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capital (H) |
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of Babylonia, 1900-1700s BCE |
trade center (H) |
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Sumerian (H) |
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