Ancient World

Idu (city)

Idu, also Idum (Sātu Qalā) was an ancient Near Eastern town in the Erbil Governorate in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, on the right bank of the Lower Zab. It was occupied primarily in the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age periods, though it remained occupied until the Middle Islamic period. It lies 70 kilometers southeast of modern Erbil and 50 kilometers northeast of modern Kirkuk.

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• ▸Alodia
• ▸Cilician pirates
• ▸Chaonians

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