🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Jebel Aruda
Late Uruk (LC5) · Uruk colony cult centre
Uruk hill-citadel (c.3500–3300 BCE) perched 160 m above Euphrates on limestone jebel opposite Habuba — sacred twin controlling Uruk colony from above.
CategoriesHilltop cities
Hilltop cities
Every place in the atlas labelled hilltop cities.
- Places
- 5
- Countries
- 5
- World Heritage
- 0
Notable hilltop cities
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🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient city
Idanre Hills — Oke Idanre Cultural Landscape
Late Ife to Yoruba Oyo-Benin (1100–1928) · Yoruba Idanre (Udane)
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🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient city
San Isidro — Muisne? Actually Cerro Jaboncillo — Manteño City
Integration (800–1532 CE) · Manteño (Manta) culture
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🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Queréndaro Acropolis — Zacapu
Postclassic (1250–1528 CE) · Purépecha
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🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Gran Pajatén — Chachapoya Mosaic Round Houses
Chachapoya late (1300–1470 CE) · Chachapoya later Inca fringe