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Seleucia
Seleucia
Seleucia, also known as Tell Umar, was a major Mesopotamian city of the Seleucid, Parthian, and Sassanid empires. It stood on the west bank of the Tigris River opposite Ctesiphon, within the present-day Babil Governorate in Iraq.
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Country: Iraq
District: Babil Governorate
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: First Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Hellenistic
Later Cultures: Mixed
Site Features: Hellenistic Monuments
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