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Qaryat ash Shahwaniyah in the region of Bābil is a town in Iraq - some 48 mi or ( 78 km ) South of Baghdad , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Qaryat ash Shahwaniyah is now 05:20 AM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Baghdad " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Qaryat Sinjar, Shaykh Muhammad Bayk, Salman al 'Umayr, Nahiyat al Imam, and Karbala. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Qaryat Sinjar . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Qaryat ash Shahwaniyah ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Grandes Civilizaciones: Mesopotamia

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www.artehistoria.com El Antiguo Oriente Medio y Mesopotamia conforman una vasta región y una de las cunas de la civilización. Es en esta extensa zona donde se produjo la transición fundamental desde l ..

Iraki kocsikázás

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from road Tampa to Camp Charlie ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Al-Mahawil

Al-Mahawil (also Mahawil, Al Maḩāwīl, Qaḑā’ al Maḩāwīl, and Khān al Mahawīl) is a Sunni Arab city in southern Iraq in the Babil Governorate.

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Located at 32.66 44.41 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: District capitals of Iraq, Populated places in Babylon Province

Kish (Sumer)

Kish was an ancient city of Sumer in Mesopotamia, considered to have been located near the modern Tell al-Uhaymir in the Babil Governorate of Iraq, some 12 km east of Babylon and 80 km south of Baghdad.

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Located at 32.54 44.60 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Iraq, Former populated places in Iraq, Sumerian cities

Kutha

Kutha, Cuthah, or Cutha was an ancient city of Sumer on the right bank of the eastern branch of the Upper Euphrates, north of Nippur and around 25 miles northeast of Babylon. It should not be confused with the site Tell Ibrahim Awad in Egypt.

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Located at 32.76 44.61 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Iraq, Babil Governorate, Former populated places in Iraq, Hebrew Bible places, Samaritan culture and history

Ishtar Gate

The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city.

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Located at 32.54 44.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: 6th-century BC architecture, Antikensammlung Berlin, Babylon, Babylonian art and architecture, Nebuchadnezzar II, Sculpture of the Ancient Near East, Visitor attractions in Iraq

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one of the wonders that may have been purely legendary. They were purportedly built in the ancient city-state of Babylon, near present-day Al Hillah, Babil province, in Iraq. The Hanging Gardens were not the only World Wonder in Babylon; the city walls and obelisk attributed to Queen Semiramis were also featured in ancient lists of Wonders.

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Located at 32.54 44.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Babylon, Babylonian art and architecture, Destroyed landmarks, Fertile Crescent, Gardens in Iraq, Landscape design history, Nebuchadnezzar II, Terraced gardens