Assur

Aššur (Akkadian; Syriac: ܐܫܘܪ‎ 'Āshūr; Hebrew: אַשּׁוּר‎‎ Aššûr, Arabic: اشور‎‎: Āshūr, Kurdish Asûr), also known as Ashur and Qal'at Sherqat, was an Assyrian city, capital of the Old Assyrian Empire (2025–1750 BC), Middle Assyrian Empire (1365–1050 BC), and for a time, the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–605 BC). The remains of the city are situated on the western bank of the Tigris River, north of the confluence with the tributary Little Zab River, in modern-day Iraq, more precisely in the Al-Shirqat District in the Saladin Governorate.

Assur

Aššur (Akkadian; Syriac: ܐܫܘܪ‎ 'Āshūr; Hebrew: אַשּׁוּר‎‎ Aššûr, Arabic: اشور‎‎: Āshūr, Kurdish Asûr), also known as Ashur and Qal'at Sherqat, was an Assyrian city, capital of the Old Assyrian Empire (2025–1750 BC), Middle Assyrian Empire (1365–1050 BC), and for a time, the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–605 BC). The remains of the city are situated on the western bank of the Tigris River, north of the confluence with the tributary Little Zab River, in modern-day Iraq, more precisely in the Al-Shirqat District in the Saladin Governorate.