Ashur, Assur, may refer to:
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Assur
Aššur (; AN.ŠAR2KI, Assyrian cuneiform: ''Aš-šurKI'', "City of God Aššur"; ''Āšūr''; ''Aθur'', ''Āšūr''; ', ), also known as Ashur and Qal'at Sherqat, was the capital of the Old Assyrian city-state (2025–1364 BC), the Midd ...
, an archaeological site in Iraq, and former Assyrian capital
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Ashur, Iran
Ashur (, also Romanized as Āshūr) is a village in Ahram Rural District, in the Central District of Tangestan County, Bushehr Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country ...
, a village in Iran
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Assuras
Assuras, sometimes given as Assura or Assur, was a town in the Roman province of Proconsular Africa.
Ruins of its temples and theatres and other public buildings are at ''Henchir-Zenfour''.
Bishopric
At an early stage Assuras became the cen ...
or Assur, a town in the Roman province of Proconsular Africa
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Ashur (Bible)
Ashur ( ''ʾAššūr'') was the second son of Shem, the son of Noah. Ashur's brothers were Elam, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
Prior to the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, there was contention in academic circles regarding whether Ashur or Nimr ...
, the grandson of Noah in Genesis
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Ashur (god)
Ashur, Ashshur, also spelled Ašur, Aššur (, Assyrian cuneiform: , ) was the national god of the Assyrians in ancient times until their gradual conversion to Christianity between the 1st and 5th centuries AD.
Name
The name of the god As ...
, the main god of Assyrian mythology in Mesopotamian religion
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High Elves (''Warhammer'') or Asur, a race in ''Warhammer Fantasy''
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Ashur-dan (disambiguation) Ashur-dan was the name of three kings of Assyria:
*Ashur-dan I, reigned c. 1178 to 1133 BC
*Ashur-dan II
Ashur-Dan II (Aššur-dān) (934–912 BC), son of Tiglath Pileser II, was the last king of the Middle Assyrian Empire, that contributed to ...
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Ashur-uballit (disambiguation) Aššur-uballiṭ or Ashur-uballit was one of two Assyrian kings:
* Ashur-uballit I or Aššur-uballiṭ I, reigned between 1365 and 1330 BC, was the first king of the Middle Assyrian Empire
* Ashur-uballit II
Aššur-uballiṭ II, also spelle ...
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Asur (disambiguation)
Asur may refer to:
*Asura, divine beings in Hinduism regarded as evil
* ''Asur'' (film), a 2020 Indian Bengali-language drama film
* ''Asur'' (TV series), a 2020 Indian Hindi-language web-series
*Asur, Thanjavur district, a village in the state of ...
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Assyria (disambiguation)
Assyria
Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , ''māt Aššur'') was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC and eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th cen ...
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Asura (disambiguation)
The Asuras are a race of power-seeking deities in Hinduism.
Asura may also refer to:
* Asura (Buddhism), the lowest ranks of the deities of the Kāmadhātu
* Asura (moth), ''Asura'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Erebidae
* Ahura, a class ...
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Ashura (disambiguation)
Ashura is the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar.
Ashura may also refer to:
* King Ashura, character from ''Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle''
* Baron Ashura, a character from ''Mazinger Z''
* Asura (Buddhism), or Ashura
* Ashura Hara, ...
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Achour (disambiguation)
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Assuristan
Asoristan ( ''Asōristān'', ''Āsūristān'') was the name of the Sasanian province of Assyria and Babylonia from 226 to 637.
Name
The Parthian name ''Asōristān'' (; also spelled ''Asoristan'', ''Asuristan'', ''Asurestan'', ''Assuristan'') ...
, the Sassanid name for Assyria
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Anshar
Anshar ( , , ) was a Mesopotamian god regarded as a primordial king of the gods. He was not actively worshiped. He was regarded as the father of Anu. In the first millennium BCE his name came to be used as a logographic representation of the ...
, a primordial god in the Babylonian creation myth ''Enuma Elish''
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