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The KI 𒆠 determinative was the Sumerian term for a city or city state.[1] In Akkadian and Hittite orthography, URU𒌷 became a determinative sign denoting a city, or combined with KUR𒆳 "land" the kingdom or territory controlled by a city, e.g. 𒄡𒆳𒌷𒄩𒀜𒌅𒊭 LUGAL KUR URUHa-at-ti "the king of the country of (the city of) Hatti".

Asia[edit]

West Asia[edit]

Near East[edit]

Iraq[edit]

Lower Mesopotamia[edit]

Kuwait[edit]

Lower Mesopotamia[edit]


Levant[edit]

Syria[edit]
Upper Mesopotamia[edit]
Israel[edit]
Map of Israel showing important sites of the Levant during the Bronze Age (clickable map).

Turkey[edit]

Anatolia[edit]

Arabian Peninsula[edit]

Saudi Arabia[edit]

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Map of Saudi Arabia showing important sites that were occupied in the Arabian Peninsula during the Bronze Age (clickable map)

Central Asia[edit]

Iran[edit]

Africa[edit]

North Africa[edit]

Egypt[edit]

Lower Egypt[edit]

Map of Egypt showing important sites that were occupied in Lower Egypt during the Bronze Age (clickable map)


Middle Egypt[edit]

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Map of Egypt showing important sites that were occupied in Middle Egypt during the Bronze Age (clickable map)

Upper Egypt[edit]

Map of Egypt showing important sites that were occupied in Upper Egypt during the Bronze Age (clickable map)

East Africa[edit]

Sudan[edit]

Map of Sudan showing important sites that were occupied in Kerma during the Bronze Age (clickable map)

Ethiopia[edit]

Map of Ethiopia showing important sites that were occupied in the Horn of Africa during the Bronze Age (clickable map)

Eritrea[edit]

Map of Eritrea showing important sites that were occupied by the Kingdom of Aksum during the Iron Age (clickable map)

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