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	Ashur - Encyclopedia.com
		ARTHUR G. The Boston Globe; 11/19/2005; Tom Long Globe Staff; 474 words; For 40 years, Arthur G. Ashur was the equivalent of a utility infielder...
		Ashur's three months in Beirut didn't quite go...
		Ashur, or Assur, was of such importance that...
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-AshurGod.html (1061 words)

	Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
		The ancient city of Ashur is located on the Tigris River in northern Mesopotamia in a specific geo-ecological zone, at the borderline between rain-fed and irrigation agriculture.
		Criterion iii: Founded in the 3rd millennium BCE, the most important role of Ashur was from the 14th to 9th century BCE when it was the first capital of the Assyrian empire.
		Ashur was also the religious capital of Assyrians, and the place for crowning and burial of its kings.
	whc.unesco.org /pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=1130 (222 words)

	Baby Name Ashur - Origin and Meaning of Ashur
		The boy's name Ashur \a-shur\ is of kiswahili and Arabic origin, and its meaning is "a month of the Islamic calendar".
		Ashur was used as part of a compound name for various Assyrian kings.
		Ashur is a very rare male first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census).
	www.thinkbabynames.com /meaning/1/Ashur (121 words)

	The tentative list of Irak
		The city of Ashur, the first capital of the Assyrian empire and the religious centre of Assyria, can be compared with great ancient capitals in the world such as Babylon, Athens, Rome, Thebes and other cities that have influenced the history of humankind.
		The city gained its reputation because it was the city of the god Ashur, the national deity of the Assyrians.
		The architectural and artistic record is accompanied by a large corpus of cuneiform texts, which attest a leading role of Ashur in religion and scholarship, especially during the Middle- and Neo-Assyrian periods.
	whc.unesco.org /news/news_170203_tentiv_irak.htm (1500 words)

	contemporary irish artists ::: michael Ashur ::: Welcome
		Michael Ashur is one of the best-known contemporary Irish artists and his work is in many major collections both in Ireland and abroad.
		Exhibiting internationally, he represented Ireland in the International Festival of Painting in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France (voted the most popular work in the exhibition by public vote).
		The work of Michael Ashur has travelled the world and exhibited in several major galleries.
	www.michaelashur.com (103 words)

	Ashur Television - Membership
		MEMBERSHIP TO ASHUR TV As an Assyrians who cherishes his heritage, I invite you to join me in supporting Ashur TV with your membership.
		Through live and recorded interviews, special features and entertainment, Ashur TV is your source for news and information.
		Ashur TV needs your support as we continue to build a worldwide Assyrian news and information network.
	www.ashurtv.org /membership.htm (342 words)

	Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ashur owes its place on the list because it was the first capital of the Assyrian empire.
		The city was the centre for worship of the god Ashur and the goddess Ishtar/Inanna.
		Ashur being the religious capital is also the reason for its being the capital at large periods of Assyrian history: Other large cities had more inhabitants and were better situated strategically and easier to defend.
	www.worldheritagesite.org /sites/ashur.html (152 words)

	Arthur G. Ashur; taught generations in city - The Boston Globe
		Ashur was a member of the advisory board of the New England Conservatory Preparatory School and directed the religious education program at Our Lady of the Annunciation Church in the South End.
		Ashur could still recite the Latin he learned as a youngster when he served at Mass and was an organizer of the public schools' oratorical contests from 1962 to 1970.
		Ashur leaves his wife, Anne M. (Ganem); a daughter, Anita A. Wakim of Milton; two sons, Anthony of Vienna, Va., and Jeffrey of Newton; and eight grandchildren.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/11/19/arthur_g_ashur_taught_generations_in_city (532 words)

	Ashur Summary
		Ashur was therefore the indisputable king of the gods and the only god tied to a people by means of such a significant linkage.
		Ashur (אַשּׁוּר in Hebrew, ܐܫܘܪ in Assyrian), was the son of Shem, the son of Noah.
		Ashur father of Tekoa (not the same person as above) also appears in the genealogies of 1 Chronicles 2:24 as a descendant of Judah; he is the son of Hezron and Abaiah, and had two wives, Helah and Naarah, who each bore him a number of children.
	www.bookrags.com /Ashur (1536 words)

	Calculated Frightfulness of Ashur Nasir Apal, A.T. Olmstead (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The ruined moat of the city wall at Ashur was cleared of its debris from the Gate of the Metal Worker to the Gate of the Tigris, and the fallen doors of the former were replaced with bronze-banded valves of ashuhu wood.
		Ashur rabi began his reign with misfortune, for the kings of the Aramaeans took from him the cities of Pitru and Mutkinu, situated in the great bend of the Euphrates, which had been taken and colonized by Tiglath Pileser I.
		Arakdi was taken as capital and renamed Tukulti Ashur asbat, 'in the strength of Ashur have I taken it.' From this new center, the Assyrians marched all night to the mountain of Nispi, in a territory belonging to Nur Adad.
	www.dabar.org /Assyria/Olmstead/Bk2/CalculatedFrightfulness.htm (20186 words)

	Avendar - Ashur (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Whether Ashur was directly responsible for creating the shuddeni, or even bringing them to our plane, it is known that among their kind, the magics of void first brow fruit.
		Ashur's servants and followers never openly worked in the millennia of the rise of human dominance, preferring to operate in secret, and hiding their presence from the vigilance of the waxing power of the Champions of Avendar and the Sons and Daughters of Jolinn.
		Ashur's power, long held in reserve, won the battles in the heavens, while his minions waxed in power in the prime material.
	www.avendar.com /ashurnf.htm (712 words)

	NLWS: Planetary Systems
		It is within these mountains and atop the rock pillar escarpments that much of the population of the planet lives, leaving the dangerous grasslands to the wildlife and the ranchers who make their homes there.
		Ashur is ruled over by a cultural monarchy that sits as head of state over the various branches, called legislates, of elected government each with its own focus and goals.
		Because Ashurs natural mineral deposits are limited most of the legislates efforts concentrate in the area of conservation.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /darthgus/starwars/gm_planet_ashur.htm (964 words)

	Where We Work ::: Iraq Heritage Program :: Ashur
		Ashur is an Iron Age site located on the west bank of the Tigris River in northern Iraq, near the modern city of Qalat Sharqat and about 110 km (68 mi) south of Mosul.
		The region around Ashur marks a transition zone between a wetter climate to the north and drier to the south.
		Although Ashur ceased to be an administrative capital it was valued as a religious center, and building projects continued in the city.
	www.globalheritagefund.org /where/ashur.html (693 words)

	Ashur
		Ashur was the religious capital of Assyria, and the centre for worship of the god Ashur and the goddess Ishtar/Inanna.
		Ashur being the religious capital is also the reason for its being the capital at large periods of Assyrian history: Other large cities had more inhabitants and were better situated strategically and easier to defend.
		Ashur contained a large number of important religious buildings, and a handful of palaces.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/ashur.htm (184 words)

	Myths of Babylon and Assyria: Chapter XIV. Ashur the National God of Assyria (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ashur was not a "goat of heaven", but a "bull of heaven", like the Sumerian Nannar (Sin), the moon god of Ur, Ninip of Saturn, and Bel Enlil.
		Now, as Ashur was evidently a complex deity, it is futile to attempt to read his symbols without giving consideration to the remnants of Assyrian mythology which are found in the ruins of the ancient cities.
		Ashur accompanied the monarch on his campaigns: he was their conquering war god.
	www.earth-history.com /Babylon/myths/mba20.htm (7939 words)

	Ashur
		Ashur, on the west bank of the Tigris River, was the religious capital of ancient Assyria.
		Ashur was also the name of the the country and the main deity.
		There have also been three palaces discovered at Ashur; the oldest, belonging to Shamsi-Adad (ruled ca.1813-ca.1781 BCE; Egyptian Twelfth Dynasty), was later used as a burial-ground.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Acropolis/7987/ashur_1.html (331 words)

	Nina Ashur - Learning Enrichment Center - Azusa Pacific University
		Nina Ashur is the director of the LEC and an associate professor at Azusa Pacific University, where she has been on the faculty since 1993.
		She works to address issues surrounding math anxiety and success, and the support and tracking of athletes considered “at risk.” Ashur has taught in APU's School of Education: Department of Advanced Studies and in the Center for Adult Professional Studies.
		Ashur specializes in human growth and development, authentic assessment and evaluation, and issues in education addressing tracking and effective development of students.
	www.apu.edu /lec/facultystaff/nashur (438 words)

	Yes Ashur Yousif is Dead but he Speaks.
		Ashur Yousouf but also about the Assyrians of Harpoot and their new life in Armenia.
		Ashur yousouf's aspiration were to educate our people about their rich history and culture, Firodil Institute is also planning the initiation of a special Prof.
		Ashur Yousouf Educational Fundâbut the details regarding this fund will have to be delayed until further steps have been taken to crystallise this idea.
	www.christiansofiraq.com /Ashurousef.html (771 words)

	Bet-Nahrain's emailforum
		The city of Ashur, the ancient sacred capital of the Assyrian Empire, may be flooded as a result of waters rising behind a new dam near the city, according to the "Iraq Press" reported on 23 July, 2001
		Government of Iraq intents to flood the ancient city of Ashur, the "world capital" and the first capital of the Assyrian Empire, with the waters of Tigris river.
		The ancient city of Ashur was one of the four ancient Assyria's capitals and it is our spiritual city which the Assyrians took their name.
	www.betnahrain.org /petition/ashur.htm (278 words)

	Assur (Ashur), Iraq
		Assur, Ashur, or Assyria, 110 km south of Mosul and 280 km to the north of Baghdad, was the first capital of the vast Assyrian Empire anciently called "The Land of Subarum" which included Iraq, Syria, Anatolia, Iran, Egypt and parts of Arabia.
		Thus, it was the religious capital of Assyria at large periods of Assyrian history, and the center for worship of the god Ashur and the goddess Ishtar/Inanna.
		Assur which was fortified by inner and outer walls, with several gateways, contained a large number of important religious buildings, about 34 temples, and 3 palaces as 7th century BC documents revealed.
	www.bndp.net /news/20040829043516.html (403 words)

	www.myspace.com/ashurofassyria
		A collaboration of notes of varying tones meshed together in a strategically placed manner, to form a sonic battering ram, or however you perceive it to sound.
		Ashur 2006 - We are less immature in our judgements upon ourselves, and feel that a description would only further stagnate our development.
		Ashur evolves as the music deems it should.
	www.myspace.com /ashurofassyria (739 words)

	Gods - Explore
		Ashur is the main god of the first Assyrian capital city, also called Ashur.
		Ashur is sometimes shown riding on a snake-dragon.
		This may be Ashur with his wife behind him.
	www.mesopotamia.co.uk /gods/explore/ashur.html (60 words)

	Ancient Capital to be Flooded
		and settlers in the Tigris River valley near what used to be Ashur need water for their crops and their survival.
		The resulting reservoir will flood the Ashur site and forever bury artifacts that archaeologists have yet to discover.
		Archaeologists are still digging in and around Ashur, trying to understand more about the Assyrians and why they did what they did.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /articles/archaeology/ashurflood.htm (261 words)

	Myths of Babylon and Assyria: Chapter XIV. Ashur the National God of Assyria
		Before a single act of creation was conceived of, however, the early peoples recognized the eternity of matter, which was permeated by the "self power" of which the elder deities were vague phases.
		29), and Ashur was therefore closely associated with the "watery place", with the canals or "rivers running round about his plants".
		We may consistently connect Ashur with Aushar, "water field", Anshar, "god of the height", or "most high", and with the eponymous King Asshur who went out on the land of Nimrod and "builded Nineveh", if we regard him as of common origin with Tammuz, Osiris,
	www.sacred-texts.com /ane/mba/mba20.htm (8137 words)

	Ashur (Iraq) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The site of Ashur is located about 100 km south of Mosul, on the west bank of the River Tigris.
		The name of the city and its god are identical; the word Assyria itself derives from Ashur, the early capital of the country.
		In 614 BC Ashur was captured and looted by the Medes.
	www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk /compass/ixbin/goto?id=enc377 (224 words)

	Ashur Bet-Sargis
		Ashur has written songs that travel beyond the ordinary and touch the heart of every Assyrian at home and abroad.
		The warmth of his voice and his powerful lyrics continue to inspire us in such masterfully created albums such as "Fly High Like An Eagle", and "Mirror of Deception." Through his music, Ashur portrays love and compassion.
		In addition to his Assyrian nationalistic songs, Ashur has also composed exceptional music to paint the quiet moments of romance.
	assyrianstuff.tripod.com /Musicians/ashur.htm (94 words)

	Ashur Television \| Assyrian Democratic Movement \| California \| USA
		Ashur T.V. of San Jose has a new fax number.
		Ashur TV needs your support as we continue to build a worldwide Assyrian news and information network.
		Through feature programs and interviews, arts and entertainment, you'll learn everything you need to know as we continue to celebrate the greatness of our nation.
	www.ashurtv.org (226 words)

	Ashur (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ashur, in Assyria, assumed the roles of Marduk and Enlil, which would be expected as a military civilization developed.
		It became usual practice to parade through the capital, also named Ashur, prisoners vouchsafed to Ashur.
		He was portrayed as a winged disc enclosing a stretched bow ready to let an arrow fly.
	www.themystica.com /mythical-folk/articles/ashur.html (88 words)

	UNESCO - Emergency Inscription of Bamiyan and Ashur on World Heritage List
		The ancient city of Ashur is located on the Tigris River in northern Mesopotamia in a specific geo-ecological zone, at the borderline between rain-fed and irrigation agriculture.
		The city was destroyed by the Babylonians, but revived during the Parthian period in the 1st and 2nd century AD.
		While the dam project has been suspended by the current administration, the Committee considered that its possible future construction, as well as the present lack of adequate protection, justified the inscription of the site on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
	portal.unesco.org /en/ev.php@URL_ID=13285&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (346 words)

	Ashur — FactMonster.com
		Ashur, in the Bible - Ashur Ashur, in the Bible, founder of Tekoa.
		Ashur, Assyrian god - Ashur Ashur, chief god of Assyria.
		Ashur - Ashur The highest god of the Assyrians.
	www.factmonster.com /dictionary/brewers/ashur.html (148 words)

	Amazon.com: The AMAZING POWER OF ASHUR FINE: Books: Sobol (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Grade 5-7 Sixteen-year old Ashur Fine, a shy animal-lover, is jolted out of his quiet life when Methuselah, an ancient African elephant at the zoo, chooses him to receive special powers to defend animals.
		Still unsure of what these powers are, Ashur is caught up in a search for two men who mugged his aunt, who is a private investigator.
		Endowed with an extraordinary power by an ancient African elephant, sixteen-year-old Ashur Fine finds himself relying on it as he tries to bring his aunt's mugger to justice.
	www.amazon.com /AMAZING-POWER-ASHUR-FINE/dp/0027862704 (764 words)

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