Kashkar
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Kashkar, also known as Kaskar, (), was a city in southern Mesopotamia. Its name appears to originate from Syriac ' meaning "citadel" or "town". Other sources connect it to ' "farming". It was originally built on the Tigris, across the river from the later medieval city of Wasit.
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Vinony files it under Archaeological sites in Iraq, Former populated places in Iraq and History of Wasit Governorate.
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Kashkar, also known as Kaskar, (), was a city in southern Mesopotamia. Its name appears to originate from Syriac ' meaning "citadel" or "town". Other sources connect it to ' "farming". It was originally built on the Tigris, across the river from the later medieval city of Wasit.
The city was originally a significant Sasanian city built on the west bank of the Tigris where Greek speaking deportees from north-western Syria were settled by Shapur I in the mid third century A.D.
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