Erbil in the Cuneiform Sources
John MacGinnis
Ministry of Culture and Youth - KRG
The city of Erbil Ees at the foot of the piedmont of the Zagros mountains in a strategic position which made it a natural gateway between Iran and Mesopotamia. At the same time its command of the rich alluvial plains to the west ensured a flourishing agricultural base; the emergence of a city in this location was inevitable.
Erbil now claims to be one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, and not without reason: archaeological surface survey has indeed produced potsherds dating back to the Ubaid period (ca. 5500-4000 BQ. This combination of prolonged occupation and strategic location marks out Erbil as an exceptional site. Within the … | 
