Assyrian City-States
Arbela/Arhailu
Arrapkha
Ashur
- modern day Kalah-Shergat
- on the right bank of the Tigris
Dur-Sharrukin/Dur-Sargon
- built by Sargon II
- modern day Khorsabad
Harran
- known for their worship of Sin, the moon goddess.
Ingur-Bel
Nineveh
- located on the eastern bank of the Tigris
- modern day villages of Kujunjik and Nebi-Yunus
- became the capital of Assyria under Sennacherib
- became the center of the worship of Ishtar who was known as the Ishtar of Nineveh
to differentiate from the Ishtar of Arbela
Nimrud (Calah/Kalakh)
- located on the eastern bank of the Tigris at the junction with the Upper Zab
- built c. 1280 B.C. by Shalmanesar I
- Shamanesar I made it the capital of Assyria in place of Ashur
- site is now marked by the ruins of Nimrud
Nisibis/Nasibina
Tarbis