Containing 34 temples dedicated to various deities, the city was thoroughly sacked in 614 by the Babylonians.
The natural escarpment on the north side of the city was augmented by a system of buttressed walls and a massive sally-port called the mushlalu. The oldest temple, ascribed to Shamshi-Adad I was later used as a burial ground. The massive Tigris-side quays were created under the direction of Adad-nirari I in the 13th century BC. Containing 34 temples dedicated to various deities, the city was thoroughly sacked in 614 by the Babylonians. For 10 points, name this religious capital of the Assyrians, less strategic than Nineveh or Nimrud, but spiritually critical, the partial namesake of one of the greatest Assyrians.
The natural escarpment on the north side of the city was augmented by a system of buttressed walls and a massive sally-port called the mushlalu.
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