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Places tagged “dur sharrukin”

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🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works

Khorsabad–Sennacherib Canal — Khinis–Nineveh Aqueduct Canal System

Neo-Assyrian Sargonid (720 – 681 BCE) · Neo-Assyrian imperial under Sennacherib

Khorsabad 5 km arched head of Sennacherib's 55 km 690 BCE Khinis–Nineveh canal system.

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🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city

Khorsabad (Dur-Sharrukin)

Neo-Assyrian (713–705 BCE construction and occupation only) · Assyrian

Short-lived Assyrian capital built 713–707 BCE by Sargon II as brand-new square city 1.628 km side with seven gates, 24 km walls, and palace on citadel.