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105 places in the atlas, 11 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Ubaid to Middle Bronze (5000–1500 BCE; peak Chalcolithic 4500–3500 BCE) · Northern Ubaid → Gawran Chalcolithic → Uruk → Early Dynastic → Mitanni
Northern Ubaid–Uruk reference mound with 18 m Round House and 20-level sequence.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Hassuna–Samarran, Ubaid (6000–4800 BCE) · Samarra culture
Type mound for Samarran culture immediately south of Samarra on cliff overlooking Tigris floodplain, excavated by al-Adhami and Yasin (1964–69).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Ubaid to Ur III (c.5500–2000 BCE; temple sequence defines Chalcolithic Eridu–Ubaid horizon) · Ubaid → Uruk → Early Dynastic → Ur III
Type-site of Ubaid period — 1919 Ninhursag temple with copper bulls gave Chalcolithic its name.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Chalcolithic to Islamic (c.5000 BCE–1500 CE; Bronze citadel LBA) · Chalcolithic → Bronze (Shahrizor) → Iron → Achaemenid → Islamic
Shahrizor 40 ha citadel (5000 BCE–1500 CE) with Bronze tablets of Idu dynasty near Halabja.
