Ruins of Kanesh

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Carole Raddato
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published on 06 April 2019
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The ruins of Warsama’s palace, King of Kanesh, at Kültepe in central Turkey, the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Kanesh and centre of a complex network of Assyrian trade colonies in the 2nd millennium BCE. The palace is one of the oldest examples of the Anatolian/Hittite palaces dating back to 1800-1750 BCE.

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Carole Raddato
Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the ancient world in the footsteps of Emperor Hadrian.

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Raddato, C. (2019, April 06). Ruins of Kanesh. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10416/ruins-of-kanesh/

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Raddato, Carole. "Ruins of Kanesh." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified April 06, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10416/ruins-of-kanesh/.

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