Assur, or Ashur, city-state of

Assur (also spelled Ashur), is one of the capitals of ancient Assyria.

The remains of the city are situated on the western bank of river Tigris, north of the confluence with the tributary Little Zab river, in modern day Iraq, more precisely in the Al-Shirqat District (a small panhandle of the Salah al-Din Governorate).The city is occupied from the mid 3rd millennium BCE (ca.

2600-2500 BCE) through to the 14th century CE when Tamurlane conducts a massacre of Assyrian Christians.Assur is also the name of the chief deity of the city.

He is considered the highest god in the Assyrian pantheon and the protector of the Assyrian state.

In the Mesopotamian mythology he is the equivalent of Babylonian Marduk.The site of Assur is a United Nations World Heritage Site, but was placed on the list of World Heritage Sites in danger in 2003, in part due to the conflict in that area, and also due to a proposed dam, that would flood part of the site.

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