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Shahrizor or Shahrazur (Kurdish: شهرزور / Şarezûr) is a region part of Kurdistan Region, Iraq situated in the Silêmanî Governorate and west of Hewraman. Shahrizor is a fertile plain watered by the tributaries of Tandjaro river which flows to Diyala and Tigris rivers.
Shahrizor [3] Eyalet (Arabic: إيالة شهرزور, Ottoman Turkish: ایالت شهر زور, romanized: Eyālet-i Šehr-i Zōr) [4] was a semi-independent eyalet of the Ottoman Empire covering the area of present-day Iraqi Kurdistan.
The Shahrizor Prehistory Project has targeted prehistoric levels of the Late Ubaid and Late Chalcolithic 4 (LC4; Late Middle Uruk) periods at Gurga Chiya (Shahrizor, Kurdistan region of northern Iraq), along with the Halaf period at the adjacent site of Tepe Marani.
The Shahrizor Survey Project involves a detailed mapping of archaeological sites previously identified through satellite imagery. Selected parts of the terrain are sampled through field walking and systematic collecting of material culture remains(?).
Nov 3, 2016 · Abstract. Gurga Chiya and Tepe Marani are small, adjacent mounds located close to the town of Halabja in the southern part of the Shahrizor Plain, one of the most fertile regions of Iraqi Kurdistan.
The Shahrizor plain is a wide valley in north-eastern Iraq at the border to Iran, which covers an area of approximately 50 ×25 km. In antiquity, as well as today, the plain was an important hub for traffic and trade along the Zagros and gave access to the Iranian highland.
The Shahrizor Prehistory Project has targeted prehistoric levels of the Late Ubaid and Late Chalcolithic 4 (LC4; Late Middle Uruk) periods at Gurga Chiya (Shahrizor, Kurdistan region of northern Iraq), along with the Halaf period at the adjacent site of Tepe Marani.
The Shahrizor Survey Project aims not only at the analysis of the multi-period settlement patterns in the Shahrizor plain, but also at a reconstruction of the cultural, economic and socio-political conditions.
Jun 23, 2016 · The Shahrizor Plain is an intermontane valley in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan. Ongoing archaeological investigations are gradually revealing the local Prehistory of this region.
Historical data show the Shahrizor shifting between periods of independence, either occupied by one regional state or several smaller entities, and periods that saw the plain's incorporation within large empires, often in a border position.
