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The KI 𒆠 determinative was the Sumerian term for a city or city state.[1] In Akkadian and Hittite orthography, URU𒌷 became a determinative sign denoting a city, or combined with KUR𒆳 "land" the kingdom or territory controlled by a city, e.g. 𒄡𒆳𒌷𒄩𒀜𒌅𒊭 LUGAL KUR URUHa-at-ti "the king of the country of (the city of) Hatti".

Asia edit

West Asia edit

Near East edit

Iraq edit

Lower Mesopotamia edit
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Map of Iraq showing important sites of Lower Mesopotamia during the Bronze Age (clickable map).

Kuwait edit

Lower Mesopotamia edit
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Map of Kuwait showing important sites of Lower Mesopotamia during the Bronze Age (clickable map).


Levant edit

Syria edit
Upper Mesopotamia edit
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Map of Syria showing important sites of Upper Mesopotamia during the Bronze Age (clickable map).
Israel edit
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Map of Israel showing important sites of the Levant during the Bronze Age (clickable map).

Turkey edit

Anatolia edit
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Map of Turkey showing important sites that were occupied in Anatolia during the Bronze Age (clickable map)

Arabian Peninsula edit

Saudi Arabia edit

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Map of Saudi Arabia showing important sites that were occupied in the Arabian Peninsula during the Bronze Age (clickable map)

Central Asia edit

Iran edit

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Map of Iran showing important sites that were occupied in the Zagros Mountains during the Bronze Age (clickable map)

Africa edit

North Africa edit

Egypt edit

Lower Egypt edit

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Map of Egypt showing important sites that were occupied in Lower Egypt during the Bronze Age (clickable map)


Middle Egypt edit

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Map of Egypt showing important sites that were occupied in Middle Egypt during the Bronze Age (clickable map)

Upper Egypt edit

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Map of Egypt showing important sites that were occupied in Upper Egypt during the Bronze Age (clickable map)

East Africa edit

Sudan edit

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Map of Sudan showing important sites that were occupied in Kerma during the Bronze Age (clickable map)

Ethiopia edit

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Map of Ethiopia showing important sites that were occupied in the Horn of Africa during the Bronze Age (clickable map)

Eritrea edit

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Map of Eritrea showing important sites that were occupied by the Kingdom of Aksum during the Iron Age (clickable map)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Electronic Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary (EPSD)

External links edit

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