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Shinar

approximate location

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Hamath Hamath Great Sea Great Sea Goiim GOIIM ? Erech Erech Ellasar ELLASAR ? Elam ELAM Cush CUSH Calneh Calneh Babel Babel Assyria ASSYRIA Accad Accad Egypt EGYPT Shinar SHINAR 200 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 12 places · 1 outside this view · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH ELAM · ELLASAR · GOIIM 1 · ACCAD AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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COORDINATES 32.5433, 44.4222

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