Harran

City · c. 1,800 BCE · in Europe

Capital of Assyria (1800 BCE–901 BCE), Umayyad Caliphate (744–750).

Nimrud (c. 1,800–612 BCE): Capital of Assyria (1800 BCE–901 BCE).
Nineveh (c. 1,800–612 BCE): Capital of Assyria (1800 BCE–901 BCE).
Dur-Sharrukin (c. 1,800–605 BCE): Capital of Assyria (1800 BCE–901 BCE).
Tell Leilan (c. 1,800–901 BCE): Capital of Assyria (1800 BCE–901 BCE).
Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta (c. 1,800–901 BCE): Capital of Assyria (1800 BCE–901 BCE).
Carchemish (1,901–901 BCE): Capital of Assyria (1800 BCE–901 BCE).
Itjtawy (c. 2,000–1,782 BCE): Capital of Middle Kingdom of Egypt (2000 BCE–1782 BCE).
Damascus (2,001 BCE): Capital of Umayyad Caliphate (661–744), Zengid dynasty (1139–1250), French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon (1923–1945), and 4 more.
Uplistsikhe (2,001 BCE – 740 CE): Capital of Principality of Iberia (682–740).
Tell el Fakhariya (c. 1,500–1,260 BCE): Capital of Mitanni (1500 BCE–1260 BCE).

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