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The city of Akkarov
It is an ancient city located in the west of the Iraqi city of Baghdad, 25 km away from it, where it was built at the beginning of the fifteenth century and its borders are located outside the city of Babylon, and was built during the reign of King Coricallo I and attributed their name to it, where he built the capital of the Kushite state, and proved research and exploration and archeological trips to The city of Karkov is the capital that Koricalzo built because of the presence of many archaeological temples in it. The city is located on a layer of limestone, which provided protection and survival for a long period of time, and facilitated the access of water to it through many valleys and rivers.
The city feeds many rivers, including the Issa River, or it is known as the Betty Anlil River at the Babylonians. By the Babylonian language, it means the Anil River, the God of Creation and Existence, for which a special temple was built for him in the city of Akkarov, and the Issa River is one of the most famous and largest tributaries of the Euphrates.
The construction of the city of Akkarov
The “milk” clay was used as a basic material in building the city, and they used the paving method in building houses and temples, where 6-7 layers of milk are built and stacked using wood and ropes, and this is evident in the construction of the “runways found in the city”, where the process of Compacting to reduce the humidity in the walls in addition to giving it strength and durability, this city remained from the beginning of the Babylonian era until the Islamic times that liberated Iraq from the hands of the Babylonians.
The monuments in the city of Akkarov
Ziggurat
Also known as the amphitheater, the amphitheater consists of two main units, the high temple, which includes parts of the sacred wall that surrounds the city, in addition to the central chapel which is located in the south of Ziggurah. , To provide adequate light and get rid of moisture.
The ziggurat was built in the shape of a square with a base of 70 m * 71 m, its sides indicate the four directions, and a new engineering structure was built whose walls depend on the system of inputs and aspirations, which provided a beautiful view to them, and the walls were covered with clay, a red clay produced using large degrees of heat, And whose effects were obscured by rain and torrential rain, which were difficult for detectives to discover.
Southern temples
It is located in the southeastern part of the city, and the feasts were built by many rulers and kings who ruled the country at the time. Among the most famous of these temples is the IU Cal temple, which means the great house of the master, which was built during the time of Korekalzo III, in addition to the temple Ik Shan An Takal which It means the house of the great master, and the temples were built in the form of great arenas interspersed with rooms, corridors and corridors.
City Palaces
It was named after the palaces of the city of Koykalzo, which are parallel domes that used as homes for kings, in addition to containing many small warehouses that were used to store grains and food.
