Iraq

Wasit

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Wasit comprises the remains of an ancient city along the Tigris. It was built around the year 700 as a military encampment. It eventually became a center of shipbuilding and trade. Only with the shift in the course of the Tigris, sometime in the 15th century, did the city decline and eventually disappear.
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Wasit (ID: 1468)
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Iraq
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On tentative list 2000 Site history
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