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Kültepe
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Kültepe
Kültepe or Kanesh is an archaeological site in Kayseri Province, Turkey. The site inhabited continuously from the Chalcolithic to Roman times, flourished as an important Hattic, Hittite and Hurrian city, containing a large kārum (merchant colony) of the Old Assyrian Empire from 21st to 18th centuries BC.
Site Information
Country: Turkey
District: Kayseri Province
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: Fourth Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Chalcolithic
Later Cultures: Hittite + Hurrian + Assyrian + Roman
Site Features: Hittite & Assyrian Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Official Name: Archaeological Site of Kültepe-Kanesh
Date of Submission: 2014
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