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<< Text Pages >> Tell Sawwan - Ancient Village or Settlement in Iraq

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Multi-periodSite Name: Tell Sawwan Alternative Name: Ancient Samarra, Souma
Country: Iraq
NOTE: This site is 27.77 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Samarra  Nearest Village: Tell Sawwan
Latitude: 34.198460N  Longitude: 43.874240E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
no data
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Iraq

During the Chalcolithic Samarran Culture between ca. 5500 and 4800 BCE, the area was relatively densely inhabited thanks to evidence of irrigation and a highly organized social structure. This marked the transition between nomadic and settled living. Much finely-made and decorated was found. It is believed the Samarran Culture was the precursor to the Ubaid period Mesopotamian culture, which preceded the classical Uruk Sumerian civilisation. The area of the present archaeological site covered by vast amounts of mudbrick but this dates from later periods.
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Minarete Malwiya y muro de la Gran mezquita  (construída en el 847 dC). Samarra. Iraq
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Minarete Malwiya. Samarra. Iraq
Muro de la Gran mezquita (847 dC). Samarra. Iraq
Minarete Malwiya  (847 dC). Samarra. Iraq

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