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Tell Beydar

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Tell Beydar

Tell Beydar is a village and ancient site in the modern Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria. It was the Ancient Near Eastern city of Nabada. The site was first settled during the Early Dynastic period 2600 BC. By around 2500 BC a medium sized independent city-state had developed. Nabada became an outpost of the Akkadian empire.