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Dur-Kurigalzu

14th century BCE · 14th century BCE · Also known as Aqar Quf

Dur-Kurigalzu was a royal city founded by the Kassite king Kurigalzu I in the early 14th century BCE, near modern Baghdad. It contained palaces and temples and a large ziggurat, whose mud-brick core still stands at Aqar Quf. It remained an important centre of Kassite Babylonia until the dynasty fell in the 12th century BCE.

Dur-Kurigalzu
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Kassite Babylonia

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Dur-Kurigalzu. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dur-kurigalzu
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