Arrapha or Arrapkha (Akkadian: Arrapḫa; Arabic: أررابخا ,عرفة) was an ancient city in what today is northeastern Iraq, thought to be located at city of...

The Battle of Arrapha took place in 616 BC between Assyrian forces against the Babylonians and Medes . Babylonian king Nabopolassar with the help of other...

has not yet been located with certainty. His other major sacred city was Arrapha, the capital of an eponymous kingdom located in the proximity of modern...

Barimma) Sumer (سومر) Tell Ubaid (تل عبيد) Ur (أور) Uruk (أوروك) Lubdu Arrapha (now Kirkuk) List of places in Iraq Districts of Iraq "Iraq cities". citypopulation...

Tepe, Iraq) was an ancient Mesopotamian city southwest of the city of Arrapha (modern Kirkuk), located near the Tigris river. The site consists of one...

coexistence in the country. The ancient name of Kirkuk was the Hurrian Arrapha During the Parthian era, a Korkura/Corcura (Ancient Greek: Κόρκυρα) is...

Assyrian conquest of Aram Battle of Arrapha Fall of Ashdod Fall of Assur Assyrian siege of Jerusalem Siege of Azekah Siege of Babylon Battle of Kummuh...

independence from the Assyrians. In 615 BC, the Medes and their allies conquered Arrapha. The next year, they besieged Assur. Much of what was left of the Assyrian...

From north to south: Nineveh, Qattara (or Karana), Dūr-Katlimmu, Assur, Arrapha, Terqa, Nuzi, Mari, Eshnunna, Dur-Kurigalzu, Der, Sippar, Babylon, Kish...

Archeological sites in the governorate include Arrapḫa, Nuzi and Lubdu, which all date back several thousand years. Arrapha is located within the modern city of...

city in ancient Mesopotamia. It was a provincial center located south of Arrapḫa, modern Kirkuk. The exact site is uncertain, but researchers have proposed...

Assyrian heartland into the empire, he secured the city of Arrapha (modern-day Kirkuk). Arrapha in later times served as the launching point of innumerable...

homeland includes the ancient cities of Nineveh (Mosul), Nuhadra (Dohuk), Arrapha/Beth Garmai (Kirkuk), Al Qosh, Tesqopa and Arbela (Erbil) in Iraq, Urmia...

field in Saudi Arabia in 1948. Baba Gurgur is 16 kilometres north-west of Arrapha and is famous for its Eternal Fire (Arabic: النار الازلية) at the middle...

religious traditions are documented in sources from Hurrian kingdoms such as Arrapha, Kizzuwatna and Mitanni, as well as from cities with sizeable Hurrian populations...

Alalakh and Mari in Syria, to Nuzi, in antiquity a part of the kingdom of Arrapha in northeastern Iraq. His character was to a large degree based on his...

King Cyaxares entered Assyria and conquered the region around the city of Arrapha. In July or August of 614 BC, the Medes began attacking the cities of Kalhu...

areas to the west and east of Mesopotamia, including the Hurrian kingdom Arrapha, Syrian Alalakh and Mari and Elam under the rule of the Sukkalmah Dynasty...

his army into Assyria proper in 616 BC, and tried to besiege Assur and Arrapha (modern Kirkuk), but was defeated by Sin-shar-ishkun and chased back into...

limited support. In 616 BC, the Babylonians defeated the Assyrian forces at Arrapha and pushed them back to the Little Zab. Nabopolassar failed to seize Assur...

route, until a major earthquake completely destroyed the city. Kirkuk (as Arrapha) Mesopotamia  Iraq 3000–2200 BC Hama Levant  Syria c. 2400 BC Erbil Mesopotamia...

Munbāqa, Ekalte) Nimrud Emar (Tell Meskene) Tall Bazi (Baṣīru, Armanum?) Arrapha Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta Assur Ekallatum Nuzi (Yorghan Tepe, Gasur) Tell al-Fakhar...

millennium BCE and to Šauška as known from sources from the Hurrian kingdom of Arrapha as one and the same. It is assumed that Ishtar references in documents...

also went on to conquer cities to the north and east of Assur, such as Arrapha, Nineveh, Qabra and Erbil . The realm founded by Shamshi-Adad eventually...

month, the Medes were active near Arrapha, which suggests a mutual arrangement between Medes and Babylonians. Since Arrapha was very close to the principal...

came into conflict with Assyria, managing to take the Assyrian city of Arrapha (modern Kirkuk) before being ultimately defeated and having a treaty forced...

among others. Another major center of Hurrian influence was the kingdom of Arrapha. Excavations at Yorgan Tepe, ancient Nuzi, proved this to be one of the...

Some of these branches include: 1st Branch - Baghdad 2nd Branch - Kirkuk (Arrapha) 3rd Branch - Nineveh (Mosul) 4th Branch - Bakhdida 5th Branch - Tel Keppe...

Nineveh (the township of Yunus)), Qattara (or Karana), Dūr-Katlimmu, Assur, Arrapha, Terqa, Nuzi, Mari, Eshnunna, Dur-Kurigalzu, Der, Sippar, Babylon, Kish...

ancient Iranian tribe of Sagartians in the Assyrian cities of Arbela and Arrapha (modern Kirkuk), probably as a reward for their help in the capture of...