Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) travel guide

One of the oldest cities in the world, from the 3rd millenium BC, Ashur has outlived Mesopotamia, Assyria, and Babylonia, and it still sits on the Tigris River today.

The ancient city of Ashur is located on the Tigris River in northern Mesopotamia in a specific geo-ecological zone, at the borderline between rain-fed and irrigation agriculture. The city dates back to the 3rd millennium BC. From the 14th to the 9th centuries BC it was the first capital of the Assyrian Empire, a city-state and trading platform of international importance. It also served as the religious capital of the Assyrians, associated with the god Ashur. The city was destroyed by the Babylonians, but revived during the Parthian period in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD.

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