Assyrian cities (Civ5)

Assyrian cities are cities that can be founded by the Assyrian civilization in Civilization V and its expansions. The first city founded is the , and the names of future cities are chosen in the order they appear on the list below.
The names listed are default names; players can change their cities' names if they choose.
== List of cities ==
Founding Order	City Name 	Notes
1 	Assur 	Capital of the Old Assyrian city-state and for a time, of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
2 	Nineveh 	Also "Ninuwā" in Old Babylonian and Assyrian; Capital and largest city of the Neo-Assyrian Empire famous for the Library of Ashurbanipal
3 	Nimrud 	Also "Kalḫu" in Assyrian; an ancient Assyrian city, and once capital of the empire located in the Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
4 	Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta	New cult center for Ashur and perhaps a new capital city founded by the Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta located at the Tulul ul Aqar archaeological site, Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq
5 	Dur-Sharrukin 	Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II; a city that was under production but never finished; it's located at the Khorsabad archaeological site, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
6 	Halab 	Also "Ḥalba" in Old Assyrian; modern city of Aleppo, Syria, once conquered by Assyria
7 	Carchemish 	Also "Gargamiš" in Akkadian; an ancient city and important provincial capital established by the Assyrians after being conquered
8 	Kanesh 	Ancient city that was established as an Assyrian trading colony after being conquered; it's located at the Kültepe archaeological site, Kayseri Province, Turkey
9 	Harran 	Also called "Huzirina" by the ancient Assyrians that briefly served as the final capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire; known as "Carrhae" by the Romans
10 	Imgur-Enlil 	Ancient Assyrian city found by the Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II located at the Balawat archaeological site, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
11 	Shubat-Enlil 	Ancient city and residential capital of the king Shamshi-Adad I located at the Tell Leilan archaeological site, Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria
12 	Qatna 	Ancient city and important center of the kingdoms of Palistin then Hamath before being destroyed by the Assyrians; it's located at the Tell al-Mishrifeh archaeological site, Homs Governorate, Syria
13 	Sareisa 	Ancient city conquered by Assyria located somewhere in southeast Anatolia
14 	Sam al 	Ancient city in Turkey; conquered by Assyria
15 	Qarqar 	Site of one of the most important battles of the ancient world, the battle of Qarqar; won by the Assyrians
16 	Til Barsip 	Archaeological site where the ancient city of Kar-Šulmānu-Ašarēdu was located; a prominent center for the Assyrian administration after being conquered; it's located in the Aleppo Governorate, Syria
17 	Sultantepe 	Ancient temple city in Turkey with a modern city of the same name nearby; located very close to Harran
18 	Erbil 	A modern city in Iraq known as "Arbailu" in Akkadian; an ancient city that was under Assyrian zone of control and eventually its empire
19 	Hamath 	Assyrian name for modern Hama in Syria; once conquered and destroyed by Assyria
20 	Guzana 	Aramaean city-state that was reduced to a province and conquered by the Assyrian Empire
21 	Turuspa 	Akkadian name for Tushpa; capital of Urartu near of what would become the modern Van, Turkey
22 	Nasibina 	Akkadian name for modern Nusaybin, Turkey; it got annexed to the Neo-Assyrian Empire in 852 BCE
23 	Arpad 	Ancient Aramaean Syro-Hittite city conquered by the Assyrians and later served as a provincial capital
24 	Kelashin 	A village in Iraq near the Iran border; a stele found there bears important Assyrian bilingual text
25 	Tadmor 	Modern site of Palmyra
26 	Urartu 	Assyrian term for a geographical region roughly equivalent to Kurdistan and Armenia; also an ancient kingdom located in the same region
27 	Sabata 	A city somewhere in the ancient region of Sittacene near the Euphrates river; located 30 stadia from Seleucia, a city itself located some short distance from the significantly more famous Seleucia-on-Tigris
28 	Hit 	City in As-Suwaydā' Governorate; name underwent several iterations, originally called "Tutul" by the Akkadians before being changed to "Eru" by the Assyrians, and later known as as "Hitum" under the Neo-Assyrians, which it's modern name is derived from
== See also ==
* Assyrian cities in other games
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