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Assur

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Assur: see Assyria Assyria , ancient empire of W Asia. It developed around the city of Ashur, or Assur, on the upper Tigris River and south of the later capital, Nineveh. Assyria's Rise

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Assur, Asur, Asshur, Ashur
1. the supreme national god of the ancient Assyrians, chiefly a war god, whose symbol was an archer within a winged disc
2. one of the chief cities of ancient Assyria, on the River Tigris about 100 km (60 miles) downstream from the present-day city of Mosul

Assur
principal god. [Assyrian Myth.: Benét, 59]
See : God


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2) Eric Assur, Celia Goldger, and Lucinda Ross, "Student Interns: Are They Worth the Bother?
9781842172162 The land of Assur & the Yoke of Assur; studies on Assyria 1971-2005.
The list of cities given by Hammurabi, at the end of his life, in prologue of its Code, gives evidence that he possessed both Assur and Ninive, but he seems having exercised only a vague control on that axis of the assyrian territory, this one being ruled by a governor named Ishme-Dagan son of Shamshi Adad, until 1741.
 
 
 
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