Calah

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Calah is an ancient Assyrian city, better known today as Nimrud, which served as a major political and cultural center of the Neo-Assyrian Empire in northern Mesopotamia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Calah canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian city ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kalah ⓘ
Kalhu ⓘ
Nimrud ⓘ
approximateDistanceFrom about 30 kilometers southeast of Mosul ⓘ
capitalFromCentury 9th century BCE ⓘ
culture Assyrian ⓘ
linked to: Assyrians
dedicatedTempleTo Ishtar ⓘ
linked to: Inanna

Nabu ⓘ
Ninurta ⓘ
excavatedBy Austen Henry Layard ⓘ
excavationBeganIn 1840s ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
foundedBy Shalmaneser I ⓘ
foundedInCentury 13th century BCE ⓘ
governedBy Assyrian kings ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria
hasArchaeologicalSiteName Nimrud ⓘ
hasNotableStructure Fort Shalmaneser ⓘ
Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II ⓘ
hasTypeSiteFor Neo-Assyrian palace reliefs ⓘ
heritageStatus important archaeological heritage site of Iraq ⓘ
inscriptionsLanguage Akkadian ⓘ
knownFor fortifications ⓘ
lamassu sculptures ⓘ
linked to: Lamassu sculptures

palaces ⓘ
reliefs ⓘ
temples ⓘ
locatedIn Assyria ⓘ
northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Iraq ⓘ
locatedNear Mosul ⓘ
locatedOn east bank of the Tigris River ⓘ
madeCapitalBy Ashurnasirpal II ⓘ
nearbyRiver Tigris ⓘ
partOf Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
rebuiltBy Ashurnasirpal II ⓘ
region Mesopotamia ⓘ
religion Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ
servedAs capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
major cultural center of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
major political center of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
sufferedEvent destruction and looting in the 21st century ⓘ
threatenedBy ISIS ⓘ
timePeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nimrud → alsoKnownAs → Calah ⓘ
Kalhu → alsoKnownAs → Calah ⓘ
Kalah → hasName → Calah ⓘ
Kalkhu → alsoKnownAs → Calah ⓘ