Aššur, modern Qal'at Sherqat, is an Assyrian city on the western bank of the Tigris River. Named after its enigmatic tutelary deity, it was the original capital, ancestral home, and burial place of the Assyrian royal family. From the late third millennium B.C. until 614 B.C., when the city was captured and destroyed by the Medes, Aššur was Assyria's most important religious center. It was also Assyria's principal administrative center until the beginning of the ninth century, when Ashurnasirpal II (883-859) moved the capital to the newly constructed Calah.
Creators: M. Roaf; St J. Simpson
Contributors:
Carolin Johansson;
Jeffrey Becker;
Jamie Novotny;
Ryan Horne;
Rune Rattenborg;
Sean Gillies;
Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: created CIGS location of Qalʻat Shirqāṭ
Actors:
Carolin Johansson;
Tom Elliott