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  • Tell Shemshara

  • Tell Shemshara

    Tell Shemshara is an archaeological site located along the Little Zab in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, northeastern Iraq. The excavations showed that the site was occupied, although not continuously, from the Hassuna period until the 14th century BC.
    Archaeological Site
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    Tell Shemshara

    Archaeological Site

     

     

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Iraq

    Sulaymaniyah

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    Sixth Millennium BC

    Hassuna Culture

    Mixed

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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