• Tepe Sialk (Persian: تپه سیلک) is a large ancient archeological site (a tepe, "hill, tell") in a suburb of the city of Kashan, Isfahan Province, in central...
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    the now-destroyed Etemenanki in Babylon, Chogha Zanbil in Khūzestān and Sialk. The Sumerians believed that the gods lived in the temple at the top of...
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    archaeologists uncovered some artifacts that they linked to those from Sialk and Marvdasht. Previous archeological excavations in the Zayandeh River...
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    and desert. On August 9, 2007, Iran placed the Historical Axis of Fin, Sialk, Kashan on its Tentative List for possible future nomination as a UNESCO...
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    Rustam Pasargadae Persepolis Shahr-e Sukhteh Susa Takht-e Soleymān Tepe Sialk Counties of Iran International rankings of Iran List of castles in Iran...
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    Shahr-i Sokhta Konar Sandal Tepe Yahya Zayandeh River Civilization Tappeh Sialk Paleolithic sites Niasar Sefid-Ab Kaftar Khoun Qaleh Bozi Caves Mirak Delazian...
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    Qal'eh Bozi Do-Ashkaft Cave Warwasi Bisitun Cave Kashafrud Neolithic Tappeh Sialk Ganj Dareh Ali Kosh Hajji Firuz Tepe Jiroft culture (3rd millennium BC)...
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    the original inhabitants of the city, whose remains are found at Tapeh Sialk dating back 9,000 years; later this changed to Kashian, hence the town name...
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    Egypt, Susa (Iran) and some ancient sites in China, Luristan (Iran), Tepe Sialk (Iran), Mundigak (Afghanistan), and Mesopotamia (Iraq).[citation needed]...
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    some affinities with the ceramics found at another Elamite site of Tepe Sialk. Tepe Giyan was first excavated by French archaeologists George Contenau...
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    outside this area, spread out on the Iranian plateau; such as Warakshe, Sialk (now a suburb of the modern city of Kashan) and Jiroft in Kerman Province...
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    interested in the archeological ruins of Iran, specifically Tepe Giyan, Teppe Sialk, Bagram in Afghanistan, Bishapur in Fars, and Susa. In the 1930s, Girshman...
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  • Bahrain Diraz Temple – circa 3rd millennium BCE, in present-day Bahrain Tepe Sialk – claimed to be the world's oldest ziggurat built in 3000 BC, in present-day...
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    Proto-Elamite sites are Susa and Anshan. Another important site is Tepe Sialk, where the only remaining Proto-Elamite ziggurat is still seen. Texts in...
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    Godin Tepe Rey (Rhages, Europos, Shahr-e-Ray, Arsacia) Chogha Mish Tepe Sialk Susa (Shush, Shushan) Kabnak (Haft Tepe) Dur Untash (Chogha Zanbil) Shahr-e...
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    Iraq, Chogha Zanbil in Khūzestān, Iran, the most recent to be discovered – Sialk near Kashan, Iran and others. Ziggurats were built by the Sumerians, Babylonians...
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    Halaf-Ubaid Umm Dabaghiya Samarra (6000–4800 BC) Tepe Muhammad Djafar Tepe Sialk 5200 Linear Pottery culture (5500–4500 BC) Amuq B Hacilar Mersin 24–22  ...
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    tablets, tablet blanks found) Tepe Sofalin (12 tablets and fragments) Tepe Sialk (5 tablets) Ozbaki (one tablet) Shahr-e Sukhteh (one tablet) Tal-e Ghazir...
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    Halaf-Ubaid Umm Dabaghiya Samarra (6000–4800 BC) Tepe Muhammad Djafar Tepe Sialk 5200 Linear Pottery culture (5500–4500 BC) Amuq B Hacilar Mersin 24–22  ...
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    Halaf-Ubaid Umm Dabaghiya Samarra (6000–4800 BC) Tepe Muhammad Djafar Tepe Sialk 5200 Linear Pottery culture (5500–4500 BC) Amuq B Hacilar Mersin 24–22  ...
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    Halaf-Ubaid Umm Dabaghiya Samarra (6000–4800 BC) Tepe Muhammad Djafar Tepe Sialk 5200 Linear Pottery culture (5500–4500 BC) Amuq B Hacilar Mersin 24–22  ...
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    Iransafar (2021-11-09). "Silk Road". Iran Safar. Retrieved 2024-04-02. "Sialk hills, the story of 7,500-year-old ziggurat". Tehran Times. 2023-03-15....
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    is the step pyramids of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt, such as the Teppe Sialk ziggurat or the Pyramid of Djoser. For centuries, setbacks were a structural...
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    tablets from Uruk V (c. 3500 BC), Susa, and other Iranian sites like Tepe Sialk, are considered to be pre-Proto-Elamite, though bearing similarities to...
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  • Paran DG, HoC, BH, RG, DoD, CG Lubben Gatekeeper at Mock's Hold BH, NoK Lull Captain in the Sialk marines DG Lutes Soldier in the Bonehunters HoC, BH, RG...
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  • Thus Shir-e Shian may represent the transitional period between Sialk II and Sialk III periods in north-central Iran, preceding the beginning of Tepe...
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    Halaf-Ubaid Umm Dabaghiya Samarra (6000–4800 BC) Tepe Muhammad Djafar Tepe Sialk 5200 Linear Pottery culture (5500–4500 BC) Amuq B Hacilar Mersin 24–22  ...
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    Gezer), Iraq (Uruk, Nippur, Ur, Nineveh, Ashur, Babylon), Iran (Tappeh Sialk, Susa, Luristan), Turkey (Karalhuyuk, Kultepe, Acemhuyuk), Azerbaijan (Gobustan)...
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    University of Pennsylvania) and ruins of 7000-year-old settlements such as Tepe Sialk are further testament to that. The two main Neolithic Iranian settlements...
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  • sea eagle. Tepe Sialk ziggurat Iran Asia 3000 BC Ziggurat The oldest settlements in Sialk to date to around 6000–5500 BC. The Sialk ziggurat was built...
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