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Aššur , also known as Ashur and Qal'at Sherqat, was the capital of the Old Assyrian Empire , the Middle Assyrian Empire , and for a time, of the Neo-Assyrian Empire . The remains of the city lie on the western bank of the Tigris River, north of the confluence with its tributary, the Little Zab, in what is now Iraq, more precisely in the al-Shirqat District of the Saladin Governorate.