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Ellasar

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Ellasar: see Larsa Larsa (lär`sə), ancient city of S Babylonia, in modern Iraq, 30 mi (48 km) NW of An Nasiriyah. It was the biblical Ellasar (Gen. 14.
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Larsa

 biblical Ellasar

Ancient capital of Babylonia, located on the Euphrates River in present-day southern Iraq. It was founded in prehistoric times and flourished in a period of Sumerian decline (c. 2000–c. 1760 BC), when long-distance trade connected the Euphrates with the Indus River valley. Hammurabi of Babylon gained control of the area in 1763 BC.



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