🧿 Dur-Sharrukin

Iraq · Asia · 36.51°N, 43.23°E

Dur-Sharrukin, present day Khorsabad, was the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II of Assyria. Khorsabad is a village in northern Iraq, 15 km northeast of Mosul. The great city was entirely built in the decade preceding 706 BC. After the unexpected death of Sargon in battle, the capital was moved 20 km south to Nineveh.

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Country	Iraq
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	36.51°N, 43.23°E · view on map

Dur-Sharrukin is located in Iraq, in Asia.

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