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Harran
Harran

Harran was a major ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia whose site is near the modern village of Altınbaşak in Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. The city is dating back to the Bronze Age in the 3rd millennium BC.
Site Information
Country: Turkey
District: Şanlıurfa Province
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: Third Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Bronze Age
Later Cultures: Assyrian + Hittite + Babylonian + Persian + Hellenistic + Ro
Site Features: Mixed Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Part of: Harran and Sanliurfa
Date of Submission: 2000
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