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Qaryat Bashbitah in the region of Nīnawá is a place in Iraq - some 215 mi or ( 346 km ) North of Baghdad , the country's capital city .

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Time in Qaryat Bashbitah is now 01:14 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Baghdad " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Qaryat 'Umarkan, Tubraq Ziyarah, Qaryat Tahrawah, Qada' al Hamdaniyah, and Qaryat Manarat Shabak. Since you are here already, consider visiting Qaryat 'Umarkan . Where to go and what to see in Qaryat Bashbitah ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Battle of Gaugamela

The Battle of Gaugamela took place in 331 BC between Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia. The battle, which is also called the Battle of Arbela, resulted in a decisive victory for the Macedonians and led to the fall of the Persian Empire.

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Located at 36.36 43.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: 331 BC, Arbil, Battles involving the Achaemenid Empire, Battles of Alexander the Great, Military history of Iraq

Shibaniba

Tell Billa (located 15 miles northeast of modern Mosul in Ninawa Governorate, Iraq) was the Ancient Near East city of Sibaniba, not far from Assur.

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Located at 36.43 43.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Iraq, Former populated places in Iraq, Nineveh Province

Bashiqa

Bashiqa, is a town located in the Al-Hamdaniya District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. Bashiqa's residents are mostly Yazidis, Assyrian Christians and Muslims. In 2007, a large mob in the Yazidi community in Bashiqa lynched a local 17-year-old Yazidi girl as “armed and uniformed police st[oo oo]d by watching her being killed over several minutes”.

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Located at 36.45 43.35 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Populated places in Nineveh Province

Bahzani

Bahzani, is a town located in the Al-Hamdaniya District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. Bahzani's residents are mostly Yazidis, Assyrian Christians and Muslims.

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Located at 36.45 43.34 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Populated places in Nineveh Province

Balawat

Balawat is a historical location in Ninawa Governorate, Iraq, 25 km southeast from the city of Mosul and 4 km to the south of the modern Assyrian town of Bakhdida. It was the site of the ancient Neo-Assyrian city of Imgur-Enlil. The meaning of Imgur-Enlil is "Enlil agreed". Note that there was also a wall in ancient Babylon named Imgur-Enlil. Balawat Balawat is located in IraqBalawatBalawat Coordinates: {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:36|13|00|N|43|25|00|E|type:city | |name= }}

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Located at 36.22 43.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Ancient Assyrian cities, Archaeological sites in Iraq, Populated places in Nineveh Province