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Places tagged “samarra” in Iraq · Mysteria

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Places tagged “samarra” in Iraq

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samarra2 abada1 ctesiphon1 diyala1 hamrin1 jasim1 khosrow1 nahrwan

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🇮🇶 Iraq

🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works

Nahrwan Canal — Sasanian Flood Canal of Ctesiphon (Nahrawan)

Sasanian to Early Abbasid (550–937 CE) · Sasanian Persian (Khosrow I) with Islamic early maintenance

6th-c. Sasanian 120-km 30-m flood-canal protecting Ctesiphon, intake at Dur-Kurigalzu 240-m regulator, 30k ha Diyala.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Tell Abada

Samarra through Ubaid 3 (c.5500–4100 BCE); Samarra, Hajji Muhammad, Ubaid 3 · Samarra (Choga Mami) → Hajji Muhammad → Ubaid 3 Hamrin facies

Samarra–Ubaid transition village (c.5500–4100 BCE) with tripartite houses and Iran–south assimilation — Hamrin Samarra outpost.