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    Ashur, Ashshur, also spelled Ašur, Aššur (Sumerian: 𒀭𒊹 AN.ŠAR₂, Assyrian cuneiform: Aš-šur, da-šur4) was the national god of the Assyrians in ancient...
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  • Genesis Ashur (god), the main god of Assyrian mythology in Mesopotamian religion High Elves (Warhammer) or Asur, a race in Warhammer Fantasy Ashur-dan (disambiguation)...
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    Assur (redirect from Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat))
    "City of God Aššur"; Syriac: ܐܫܘܪ Āšūr; Old Persian: 𐎠𐎰𐎢𐎼 Aθur, Persian: آشور Āšūr; Hebrew: אַשּׁוּר ʾAššūr, Arabic: اشور), also known as Ashur and Qal'at...
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  • Anshar (redirect from Assyrian god ashur)
    logographic representation of the head god in the Assyrian state pantheon, Ashur. He is attested in a number of god lists, such as An = Anum, and in literary...
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  • refer to: Assyrian "Of Assyria" (in Aramaic, Arabic, Hebrew) Ashur (god), the national God of Assyria Ktav Ashuri or "Assyrian script", the Hebrew alphabet...
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  • Ashur-dan III (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform:  Aššur-dān, meaning "Ashur is strong") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 773 BC to his death in 755...
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    while lands not governed by the Assyrian king (and by extension, the god Ashur) were seen as places of chaos and disorder. As such it was seen as the...
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  • succeeded by his brother, Eriba-Adad I. Ashur-nadin-ahhe is an Assyrian personal name meaning “the god Ashur has given a brother” in the Akkadian language...
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    al-Ṭāhir ibn ʿĀshūr (full name محمد الطاهر ابن محمد ابن محمد الطاهر ابن عاشور Muḥammad al-Ṭāhir ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭāhir ibn ʿĀshūr; 1879 – August...
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    Assyria from the accession of Ashur-uballit I c. 1365 BC and the rise of Assyria as a territorial kingdom to the death of Ashur-dan II in 912 BC. The Middle...
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  • called Ashurism) centered on Ashur, patron deity of the city of Assur, and Ishtar, patroness of Nineveh. The last positively recorded worship of Ashur and...
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    Assyria (redirect from Land of Ashur)
    national deity Ashur. Though the deity and the ancient capital city are commonly distinguished by modern historians through calling the god Ashur and the city...
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  • God, lead us in goodness"); others have argued without explanation that the suffix ـ مَّ (-mma) takes the place of yā (O). Muslim scholar Ibn ʿĀshūr,...
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  • city-state under Puzur-Ashur I c. 2025 BC to the foundation of a larger Assyrian territorial state after the accession of Ashur-uballit I c. 1363 BC, which...
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    campaign, he commissioned a myth in which Marduk was put on trial before Ashur, the god of Assyria. This text is fragmentary, but it seems Marduk is found guilty...
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    Esarhaddon (redirect from Ashur-ahha-iddina)
    Ashurhaddon (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , also Aššur-aḫa-iddina, meaning "Ashur has given me a brother"; Biblical Hebrew: אֵסַר־חַדֹּן‎ ʾĒsar-Ḥaddōn) was...
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  • eventually became personified as the god Ashur, firmly established as the Assyrian national deity by the time of Puzur-Ashur I. There is no evidence that Assur...
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  • begun in 1365 BCE under Ashur-uballit I and ended after the death of Ashur-bel-kala in 1053 BCE. Adad-nīrārī II's father was Ashur-dan II, whom he succeeded...
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  • Nachmanides, Hizkuni, Bahya Ashur, Gersonides, Shimeon ben Yochai, and Hillel ben Samuel. Ibn Ezra reasoned that the "sons of God" were men who possessed...
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  • to proclaim God as "sole" beside whom there is "none". Beginning with Sargon II, Assyrian scribes began to write the name of Ashur (god) with the ideogram...
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    *ʔil-, meaning "god". Specific deities known as 'El, 'Al or 'Il include the supreme god of the ancient Canaanite religion and the supreme god of East Semitic...
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    Allah (redirect from God (Arabic))
    [ʔaɫ.ɫaːh] ) is the common Arabic word for God. In the English language, the word generally refers to God in Islam. The word is thought to be derived...
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  • Shalmaneser II ends, succeeded by his son Ashur-nirari IV. 1013 BC - Ashur-nirari IV is succeeded by his uncle, Ashur-rabi II, who ruled for 41 years, one...
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    god Ashur (spelled as Anshar) and Babylon with Assur (spelled as Baltil). Other texts referencing Marduk were also adapted and changed to fit Ashur instead...
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    Ashurbanipal (redirect from Ashur-bani-pal)
    Ashurbanipal (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: Aššur-bāni-apli, meaning "Ashur is the creator of the heir") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 669 BC...
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  • II and Ashuruballit II (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: Aššur-uballiṭ, meaning "Ashur has kept alive"), was the final ruler of Assyria, ruling from his predecessor...
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    Enki (redirect from Ea (Babylonian god))
    role is taken by Marduk, Enki's son, and in the Assyrian version it is Ashur. After dispatching Tiamat with the "arrows of his winds" down her throat...
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    Utu/Shamash, which was a symbol for the god Shamash, and is combined with the ancient symbol of the god Ashur. George Bit Atanus first designed the flag...
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    (sometimes called Irra) is an Akkadian plague god known from an 'epos' of the eighth century BCE. Erra is the god of mayhem and pestilence who is responsible...
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  • Spartacus: War of the Damned. A sequel series called Spartacus: House of Ashur is in development at Starz, with DeKnight returning to write for the show...
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