Cities of Mesopotamia

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Locations are approximate; Akkad (Agade) is conjectural and "Persia" is plotted at Susa.

Regional context — Mesopotamia within the Ancient Near East
Mediterranean Black Sea Caspian Sea Red Sea Persian Gulf Anatolia Egypt Arabia Persia Caucasus Mesopotamia
Tigris Euphrates Persian Gulf Akkad Assyria Babylon Bad-tibera Borsippa Eridu Isin Kish Lagash / Shirpurla Larsa Nimrud Nippur Persia Shuruppak Sippar Ur Uruk

Coastline, river, and lake data from Natural Earth (1:50m, public domain).

All cities (list)
Akkad, Adad's Patron Realm-State Assyria, Ashur's Realm Babylon, Marduk's Patron City-State Bad-tibera, Dumuzi the Shepherd's Patron City-State Borsippa, Nabu's Patron City-State Eridu, Enki's Patron City-State Isin, Bau's Patron City-State Kish, Ninhursag's Patron City — Kingship Re-Begins After the Great Flood Lagash / Shirpurla, Ninurta's Patron City-State Larsa, Utu's Patron City-State Nimrud, Ninurta's Patron City-State Nippur, Enlil's Patron City-State Persia, Ashur's Realm Shuruppak, Ninlil's Patron City-State, Home of Biblical Noah Sippar, Utu's Patron City-State Ur, Nannar's Patron City-State Uruk, Anunnaki King Anu's, Then Inanna's Patron City-State