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  • Nippur

  • Nippur

    Nippur is an archaeological site located in Al-Qadisiyah Governorate, Iraq. The site is considered to be among the most ancient Sumerian cities in Mesopotamia.
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, Nippur.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Nippur
    by Jasmine N. Walthall, U.S. Army, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Nippur

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2017

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Iraq

    Al-Qadisiyah

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    Third Millennium BC

    Sumer

    Akkadian + Assyrian

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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