{"id":2707,"date":"2020-07-21T17:52:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T15:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/?page_id=2707"},"modified":"2025-01-08T10:38:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T09:38:29","slug":"maipe_dove","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/en\/maipe-2\/maipe_dove\/","title":{"rendered":"MAIPE_where"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-2096581367\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1484\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/area-map2.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" \/>                        <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>            \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \r\n\r\n   <div id=\"text-box-1449349048\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y85 md-y85 lg-y85 res-text\">\n                     <div data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">           <div class=\"text-box-content text \">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \r\n\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 170%;\"><strong>Where and When?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p>The Erbil Plain from Prehistory to the Islamic Period<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n       <\/div>                     \n<style>\n#text-box-1449349048 {\n  width: 85%;\n}\n#text-box-1449349048 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-1449349048 {\n    width: 61%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \r\n\r\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-2096581367 {\n  padding-top: 30%;\n}\n#banner-2096581367 .overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\r\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1869971355\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-color:rgb(235, 235, 235);border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-773168120\">\r\n\r\n\n\t<div id=\"col-897038438\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\n\t\t<div class=\"icon-box featured-box icon-box-top text-left\"  style=\"margin:px px px px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box-text last-reset\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAIPE\u2019s research area is located in the south-western part of the Erbil Plain. This area is formed by a hydrographic basin which drains the waters deriving from the Zagros mountains to the east towards the Tigris valley to the west and is delimited to the north and to the south by the Upper and Lower Zab, the two main tributaries.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In antiquity, the plain offered an optimal environment for agricultural and pastoral activities due to the presence of a web of waterways which flowed into the Upper Zab and to a number of communication routes which connected the eastern passageways in the Zagros mountains to the Tigris valley to the west.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t<div id=\"gap-141125816\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-141125816 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_849444466\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1_NM_sito-internet2-1131x800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1_NM_sito-internet2-1131x800.jpg 1131w, https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1_NM_sito-internet2-566x400.jpg 566w, https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1_NM_sito-internet2-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1_NM_sito-internet2-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1_NM_sito-internet2-2048x1448.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_849444466 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\r\n\r\n\t<div id=\"gap-969010100\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-969010100 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\r\n\r\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147491069 BCX8\">Map of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147491069 BCX8\">Northern Mesopotamia <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147491069 BCX8\">(<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147491069 BCX8\">ESRI<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147491069 BCX8\"> Satellite) <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147491069 BCX8\">with some of the major archaeological sites<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t<div id=\"gap-2138940026\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-2138940026 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The extensive survey operations carried out by Harvard University within the framework of the Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey (directed by J. Ur), have revealed the presence of a dense settlement pattern datable to the Neolithic and Chalcolithic (Hassuna, Halaf and Ubaid periods; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7th &#8211; early 5th millennia BC) and especially to the Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age (5th-3rd millennia B.C).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Later, the region was affected by the Kingdom of Akkad\u2019s (2350-2200 BC) expansion and then became part of the north-eastern territory controlled by the 3rd Dynasty of Ur (2100-2000 BC).<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1869971355 {\n  padding-top: 27px;\n  padding-bottom: 27px;\n  background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\r\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_2144047529\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"row align-middle\"  id=\"row-809674222\">\r\n\r\n\n\t<div id=\"col-609714580\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1896087008\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/shemamoq-1400x800.jpg\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/shemamoq-1400x800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/shemamoq-1400x800.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/shemamoq-700x400.jpg 700w, https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/shemamoq-768x439.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1896087008 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">View of the site of Qasr Shemamok, ancient Kilizu <\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\r\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1213046887\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age, the king Shamshi-Addu I of Assyria conducted a series of military campaigns in the region and, together with the army of Eshnunna, conquered the city of Qabra, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">possibly identifiable with the site of Kurd Qaburstan. In the second half of the 2nd millennium BC, the regions to the east of the river Tigris were controlled by Mitanni and, later, by the Middle Assyrian kingdom. During the Neo-Assyrian period (c. 1000-612 BC), the Erbil Plain was part of the empire\u2019s core as it is located just to the south-east of the grand capital cities of Nimrud, Ninive and Khorsabad. During this period, the area became densely occupied and its water resources were intensely exploited through the construction of large artificial canals and monumental aqueducts. The regional capitals were Kilizu, identified with the site of Qasr Shemamok, and the religious center of Arbela\/Arba\u2019il, which lies hidden beneath the Medieval citadel of Erbil. <\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-427172350\">\r\n\r\n\n\t<div id=\"col-816248436\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In classical times (3rd century BC &#8211; 6th century A.D), the region was part of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">territory initially controlled by the Seleucids, then by the Parthians and later by the Sasanian kingdom. The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">region was eventually conquered by the Arabs in the 7th century BC and was integrated into the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates. <\/span><\/p>\r\n\t<div id=\"gap-74532031\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-74532031 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"row align-right\"  id=\"row-1241195447\">\r\n\r\n\n\t<div id=\"col-336288967\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<a data-animate=\"fadeInLeft\" href=\"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/en\/maipe-2\/\" class=\"button primary is-outline\"  >\n\t<i class=\"icon-angle-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\" ><\/i>\t<span>MAIPE<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\r\n\n\t<div id=\"col-376754872\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-right\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\r\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1322296199\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n<a data-animate=\"fadeInLeft\" href=\"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/en\/maipe-2\/maipe_survey\/\" class=\"button primary is-outline\"  >\n\t\t<span>SURVEY<\/span>\n\t<i class=\"icon-play\" aria-hidden=\"true\" ><\/i><\/a>\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\r\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1971758621\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1854618658\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cittadella-1332x800.jpg\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:50%;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cittadella-666x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cittadella-666x400.jpg 666w, https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cittadella-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cittadella-1332x800.jpg 1332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1854618658 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">View of the Erbil citadel from\u00a0the Central Square<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_2144047529 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2703,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-transparent-header.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2707","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2707"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5794,"href":"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2707\/revisions\/5794"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orienteantico.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}