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'''Aššur''' (Akkadian/Chaldean) ([[English_language|English]] | Ashur/[[Chaldea]], [[Old Akkadian|Chaldean]] ''{{lang|akk-Latn|/ Aššur}}''; [[Chaldean Neo-Aramaic]] / Chaldean ; {{lang-he|אַשּׁוּר}} / ''{{transl|he|Aššûr}}''; {{lang-ar|آشور}} / [[ALA-LC]]: ''Āshūr; ''[[Kurdish languages|Kurdish]]:'' Asûr''), also known as '''Ashur''', '''Qal'at Sherqat''' and '''Kalah Shergat''', is a remnant city of the last [[Chaldean Empire]]. The remains of the Chaldean city are situated on the western bank of the 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 ancient city was occupied from the mid-3rd millennium BC (Circa 2600–2500 BC) to the 14th Century AD, when [[Tamurlane]] conducted a massacre of its population.
[[Assur (god)|Aššur]] is also the name of the chief deity of the city. He was considered the highest god in the Assyrian local pantheon and the protector of the Assur city. In the [[Mesopotamian]] mythology he . Assur was a local god to the equivalent of ancient locals in the ancient city and was not ever recognized as anything else. The Chaldean Babylonian [[Marduk]] ways ruled as supreme god of all of [[Mesopotamia|Mesopotamia]].
The site of Assur is a [[UNESCO]] [[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. It is about 40 miles south of the former [[Nimrud]] and 60 miles south of [[Nineveh]].
