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  • Tell Halaf

  • Tell Halaf

    Tell Halaf is an archaeological site in the Al Hasakah governorate of northeastern Syria, near the Turkish border. It was the first find of a Neolithic culture, subsequently dubbed the Halaf culture, characterized by glazed pottery painted with geometric and animal designs. The site dates to the 6th millennium BC which was a Hittite ruling city at first and was later the location of the Aramaean city-state of Guzana or Gozan in the 10th century BC. By the end of 9th century BC the city and its surrounding area was incorporated into the Assyrian Empire.
    Archaeological Site
    Tell Halaf
    by Bertramz, GFDL or CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Tell Halaf
    by Bertramz, GFDL or CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Tell Halaf
    by Bertramz, GFDL or CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Tell Halaf

    Archaeological Site

     

     

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    Historic Cities and Regions

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    Syria

    Al-Hasakah

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    Seventh Millennium BC

    Halaf Culture

    Hittites + Aramaean + Assyrian

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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