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Dur-Sharrukin (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒂦𒈗𒁺, romanized: Dūr Šarru-kīn, "Fortress of Sargon"; Arabic: دور شروكين, Syriac: ܕܘܪ ܫܪܘ ܘܟܢ), present day Khorsabad, was the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II of Assyria. Khorsabad is a village in northern Iraq, 15 km northeast of Mosul. The great city was entirely built in the decade preceding 706 BC. After…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dur-Sharrukin | Abandoned | Approximately 605 BC | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dur-Sharrukin | Archaeologists | Paul-Émile Botta, Eugène Flandin, Victor Place, Edward Chiera, Gordon Loud, Hamilton Darby, Fuad Safar | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dur-Sharrukin | Area | 2.88 km2 (1.11 sq mi) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dur-Sharrukin | Built | In the decade preceding 706 BC | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dur-Sharrukin | Condition | Severely Damaged | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dur-Sharrukin | Cultures | Assyrian | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dur-Sharrukin | Excavation dates | 1842–1844, 1852–1855 1928–1935, 1957 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dur-Sharrukin | Length | 1,760 m (5,770 ft) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dur-Sharrukin | Location | Khorsabad, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dur-Sharrukin | Periods | Neo-Assyrian Empire | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dur-Sharrukin | Public access | Inaccessible | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dur-Sharrukin | Region | Mesopotamia | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dur-Sharrukin | Type | Settlement | 1.00 | infobox |
| Dur-Sharrukin | Width | 1,635 m (5,364 ft) | 1.00 | infobox |
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