Terqa
Sign in to saveTerqa is an ancient city discovered at the site of Tell Ashara on the banks of the middle Euphrates in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, approximately from the modern border with Iraq and north of the ancient site of Mari, Syria. Its name had become Sirqu by Neo-Assyrian times.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Terqa
- Ancient site.map_type
- Syria
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.map_size
- 250
- Ancient site.location
- Syria
- Ancient site.region
- Deir ez-Zor Governorate
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17 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Early Bronze
- Middle Bronze
- Middle Bronze IIA
- Late Bronze
- Iron Age
- Archaeology
- Temple to Ninkarrak
- Temple to Lagamal
- Icehouse
- Trade
- Genetics
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Terqa is an ancient city discovered at the site of Tell Ashara on the banks of the middle Euphrates in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, approximately from the modern border with Iraq and north of the ancient site of Mari, Syria. Its name had become Sirqu by Neo-Assyrian times.
==Location== Terqa was located near the mouth of the Khabur river, thus being a trade hub on the Euphrates and Khabur rivers. To the south was Mari. To the north was Tuttul (Tell Bi'a) near the mouth of the Balikh river. Terqa ruled a larger hinterland. Terqa was always second to Mari, as the valley could hold only one political main center. The region was dominated by arid/non-irrigable land, with a characteristic relationship to water resources and land exploitation.