Terqa

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Mesopotamia in 2nd millennium BC

Terqa is the name of an ancient city discovered at the site of Tell Ashara on the banks of the middle Euphrates in Syria, approximately 80 km from the modern border with Iraq. Terqa was the leading city of the Khana kingdom. For a time Terqa was influenced by the neighboring city of Mari.