Tushhan
Sign in to saveTushhan (alternatively spelled as Tushan or Tušḫan) was a Neo-Assyrian provincial capital in the upper Tigris region. It was rebuilt by the ruler Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BC) and survived until the end of the Neo-Assyrian period around 611 BC.
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It sits within the topics Ancient Assyrian cities, Archaeological sites in the Southeastern Anatolia region and Former populated places in Turkey.
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- Locality
- Bismil
- Region
- Diyarbakır Province
- Country
- Türkiye
- Population
- 0
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- Instance of
- heritage
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Diyarbakır Province
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
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- History of Tušḫan
- Site History
- Archaeology
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Tushhan (alternatively spelled as Tushan or Tušḫan) was a Neo-Assyrian provincial capital in the upper Tigris region. It was rebuilt by the ruler Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BC) and survived until the end of the Neo-Assyrian period around 611 BC.
It is generally thought to be located at the site of the archaeological site Ziyaret Tepe (), Diyarbakır Province, Turkey though Üçtepe Höyük has also been proposed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tushhan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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