Qarqar
Qarqar or Karkar is the name of an ancient town in northwestern Syria, known from Neo-Assyrian sources. It was the site of one of the most important battles of the ancient world, the
The best historical source regarding the battle and the town of Qarqar is
Site
The ancient town of Qarqar has generally been associated with the archaeological site of
Qarqar is not to be confused with Karkar or Karkara, a city located in modern Iraq in the proximity of ancient Umma and Adab not yet identified with any modern site.[2]
Destruction of the site
From 2014 until September 2017, the terrorist Turkistan Islamic Party, an Alqaeda offshoot, destroyed the site.[3] Reports emerged that the destruction, which can be viewed through satellite imagery, was done under the supervision of unidentified civilians who were not Syrian nor members of the Turkistan Islamic Party militants.[4]
See also
- Karkor (Qarqor)
Notes
- ISBN 0-89757-026-X
- ^ Edzard, Dietz-Otto (1980), "IM", Reallexikon der Assyriologie (in German), p. 64, retrieved 2022-03-21
- ^ "الحزب الإسلامي التركستاني يقوم بتجريف "تل القرقور" الأثري في سهل الغاب". www.stj-sy.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
- ^ ""الأويغور" يحزمون حقائبهم: توسيع "الجهاد" إلى "ثغور" أخرى؟". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-11-05.