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🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8000–7000 BCE) · Zagros Neolithic (Bestansur–Jarmo)
Bestansur — Shahrizor Neolithic Tell in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8000–7000 BCE) tell attributed to Zagros Neolithic (Bestansur–Jarmo).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Ubaid to Neo-Babylonian (4000–500 BCE) · Sumerian
Ur — Tell Muqayyar Diqdiqqah Residential in Dhi Qar Governorate, Euphrates, Iraq is a Ubaid to Neo-Babylonian (4000–500 BCE) ancient city attributed to Sumerian culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Uruk to Neo-Assyrian (4000–600 BCE) 66 ha · Uruk then Neo-Assyrian provincial
Tell al-Hawa — Mosul Steppe Center in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Uruk to Neo-Assyrian (4000–600 BCE) 66 ha tell attributed to Uruk then Neo-Assyrian provincial.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Isin-Larsa (2025–1763 BCE) · Sumerian/Amorite
Larsa — Tell Senkereh South Mound in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern plain, Iraq is a Isin-Larsa (2025–1763 BCE) ancient city attributed to Sumerian/Amorite culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Hassuna (6000–5800 BCE) · Hassuna culture
Tell Hassuna — Nineveh Plain Type Site in Nineveh Governorate, Tigris plain, Iraq is a Hassuna (6000–5800 BCE) tell attributed to Hassuna culture culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Cave
Middle Paleolithic to Neolithic · Zagros Paleolithic type-site Zarzian
Hazar Merd Cave — Sulaymaniyah in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq is a Middle Paleolithic to Neolithic cave attributed to Zagros Paleolithic type-site Zarzian.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Isin-Larsa to Old Babylonian · Sumerian-Akkadian (Isin dynasty)
Capital of Isin dynasty (2017–1794 BCE) after fall of Ur III, whose kings (Ishbi-Erra, Lipit-Ishtar with famous law code predating Hammurapi by ~150 years) tried to restore Sumerian.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Uruk (4000–3100 BCE) · Sumerian
Warka Uruk — Anu South Precinct in Muthanna Governorate, Warka (Uruk), Iraq is a Uruk (4000–3100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Sumerian culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Cave
Middle Paleolithic to Neolithic (80000–7000 BCE) · Zagros Paleolithic (Hazar Merd group)
Peri Ali Beg Cave — Rawanduz Gorge in Erbil Governorate, Iraq is a Middle Paleolithic to Neolithic (80000–7000 BCE) cave attributed to Zagros Paleolithic (Hazar Merd group).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village
Halaf–Hassuna (6000–5300 BCE) · Halaf culture
Shahrud Khajeh? Actually Yarim Tepe II — Nineveh Region Halaf Village in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Halaf–Hassuna (6000–5300 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Halaf culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Samarra (6200–5800 BCE) · Samarra culture
Tell es-Sawwan — Samarra Village in Saladin Governorate, Tigris, Iraq is a Samarra (6200–5800 BCE) tell attributed to Samarra culture culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Tell al-Ubaid — Ubaid Type Mound in Dhi Qar Governorate, Eridu hinterland, Iraq is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Hassuna (6000–5500 BCE) · Hassuna culture
Tell Hassuna — Hassuna Culture Type Site in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Hassuna (6000–5500 BCE) tell attributed to Hassuna culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7000 BCE) · Jarmo-related
Magzalia — Jarmo Outlier Neolithic Village in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Jarmo-related.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Early Bronze to Neo-Babylonian (c.3000–500 BCE; OB peak c.1800) · Sumerian → Old Babylonian → Kassite → Neo-Babylonian
Twin-mound (with Tell al-Sib) on Diyala-Adhaim — ancient Mê-Turran/Turran cult city with Adad temple and ziggurat podium. Iraqi–Italian Hamrin Dam rescue excava...
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7000 BCE) · Jarmo-related
Matarrah — Jarmo Hinterland Village in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Jarmo-related.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Hassuna to Islamic (c.6200 BCE–1200 CE; archive Late Bronze c.1800 BCE) · Hassuna → Halaf → Ubaid → MBA Shamshera kingdom → Islamic
Dokan MBA palace mound with 150-tablet Shamshera kingdom archive (1800 BCE) on Lower Zab.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9000–6000 BCE) · Zagros Neolithic
Tepe Asiya — Kifri Neolithic Tell in Salah ad-Din, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9000–6000 BCE) tell attributed to Zagros Neolithic.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
ED to Ur III (c.3000–2004 BCE; peak Shara temple) · Sumerian (Zabalam, Shara cult) → Akkadian → Ur III
Zabalam (Tell Ibzeikh) is the cult city of goddess Inanna of Zabalam (later Shara). Excavated by Iraqi team revealing Shara temple platform (EB), ED houses and...
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
ED to Isin-Larsa (c.3000–1750 BCE) · Sumerian → Akkadian → Ur III → Isin-Larsa
Kisurra (Abu Hatab) is a Sumerian city-state between Isin and Larsa, with ED palace and Ur III archive. German excavations (1900, 1990s) revealed city wall (2 k...
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
ED to OB (c.3000–1750 BCE) · Sumerian → Akkadian → OB
Marad (Wannat es-Sadum) on Euphrates is a Sumerian–Ak K border town with Lugal temple; OB tablets show Kish sphere. Iraqi soundings reveal ED city wall and OB h...
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Period Neolithic · Regional culture Mideast-Tell
Buried Street Grid Mideast 28 — Iraq Region 4 in Iraq Region 4, Iraq is a Iron Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Early Dynastic Sumer to Akkadian · Sumerian / Akkadian
Key Sumerian city-state (c.3100–2000 BCE) dominating Early Dynastic Sumer, palace A, ziggurat, mentioned in King List as first city to have kingship after Flood. Discovered library archives.
