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Mesopotamië
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Kaart Mesopotamië
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Gilgamesh with a lion
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Chairs, footstools, Mesopotamia
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Gudea with architectural lap tablet from Lagash, 2150 BC
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Stele of Ur-Nammu 2113-2096 BC.jpg
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Khafaje, Oval Temple, ca 2650-2350 BC, reconstruction
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Nippur, Iraq, Map on clay tablet, c 1500 BC
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"Behold the bond of Heaven..."
  • Behold the bond of Heaven and Earth, the city
  • Behold Nippur the city
  • Behold the kindly wall, the city
  • Its pure river
  • Its quay where the boats stand
  • Behold the pulal, its well of good water
  • Behold the idnunbirdu, its pure canal
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Ur, schematic plan in 2 Millennium BC
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Ur, residential area, south east of royal mausolea, 2000 BC
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Ur, residential quarter between ziggurat and west harbour
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Mesopotamia, Ur, House of the Chaldees, ca 2000 BC
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Ur, ziggurat precinct, 2113-2006 BC, plan
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Ziggurat of Ur, 2250BC, aerial foto
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Ziggurat, Ur
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Ziggurat of Ur, reconstruction by Sir Leonard Woolley, 68ft high on a 10 ft. high terrace
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Ur, Ziggurat, Northeastern facade with restored stairs
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Ziggurat of Ur, 2100 BC, Southern Iraq
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Ziggurats
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Assyrian Relief showing organisation of the city
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Steles
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Khorsabad, Assyrian city founded by Sargon II, 721-705 BC, plan
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Khorsabad, Assyrian city founded by Sargon II, 721-705 BC, reconstruction view
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Relationship ziggurat and royal palace 1, at Ur ca 2000 BC
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Relationship ziggurat and royal palace 2, at Assur ca 1800 BC
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Relationship ziggurat and royal palace 3, at Assur ca 1200 BC
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Relationship ziggurat and royal palace 4, at Khorsabad, ca 700 BC
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Babylon, Aerial photograph
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Babylon, schematic plan according to E Unger, 600 BC
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Babylon, Ishtar Gate,
c 575 BC
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Tower of Babel, Iraq.jpg
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Reconstructie van Babylon