Dur-Sharrukin (Civ7)

Dur-Sharrukin
Wonder of the Antiquity Age
Introduced in Civilization VII
Associated with	Assyrian
Unlocked by	Discipline  Birtūtu
Production cost	275
Placement	Adjacent to a District.
Effects
Acts as a Fortified District that must be conquered. +5 Combat Strength to Fortified Districts in all Settlements. +1 Science on Fortifications in this Settlement. Ageless.

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 "From this day forward, your pronouncement shall be unchangeable, to raise or bring low - these shall be in your hand."
– Enūma Eliš

Dur-Sharrukin is an Antiquity Age Wonder in Civilization VII. It must be built adjacent to a District.

Under rulesets in which Assyria is a playable civilization, Dur-Sharrukin is associated with the Assyrian civilization.

• Effects:
  • Acts as a Fortified District that must be conquered.
  • +5 Combat Strength to Fortified Districts in all Settlement.
  • +1 Science on Fortifications in this Settlement.

Strategy

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Civilopedia entry

Dur-Sharrukin is not a singular wonder but the capital city of Assyria under Sargon II, built sometime before 706 BCE in the far north of what is now Iraq. It was a massive feat of engineering, constructed with limited materials and requiring the cultivation of surrounding land. The city’s three square kilometers were enclosed by walls featuring over 150 towers. Inside was a collection of opulent palaces, temples, and a ziggurat, as well as elaborate lamassu and shedu (Assyrian sacred beasts) statues. Dur-Sharrukin also held a sprawling garden composed of trees from every land that Sargon conquered. These gardens became the inspiration for Sennacherib’s gardens at Nineveh, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and the Persian pairidaeza.

Dur-Sharrukin was abandoned upon Sargon’s untimely death, and the city became a thing of myth. Slowly buried across many centuries, it now lies beneath the modern town of Khorsabad. The site was rediscovered and explored by teams of archaeologists in 1843, 1928, and 1957. Unfortunately, the group ISIS claimed responsibility for destroying the area in 2015 and looting its remains.

Trivia

• Dur-Sharrukin's wonder quote comes from Tablet IV of the Babylonian creation myth, the Enūma Eliš, describing Marduk's ascension as king of the gods.

Gallery

Dur-Sharrukin in-game

Videos

Build Dur-Sharrukin in -Civ7 to fortify your empire!

Dur-Sharrukin teaser

See also

• Dur-Sharrukin in other games

Civilization VII Wonders [edit]
Antiquity	Angkor Wat Byrsa1 Colosseum Colossus Dur-Sharrukin Emile Bell Gate of All Nations Great Library Great Lighthouse1 Great Stele Ha'amonga 'a Maui Hanging Gardens Mausoleum at Halicarnassus1 Mausoleum of Theodoric Monks Mound Mundo Perdido Nalanda Oracle Petra Pyramid Of The Sun Pyramids Sanchi Stupa Terracotta Army Weiyang Palace
Exploration	Borobudur Brihadeeswarar Temple El Escorial Erdene Zuu Forbidden City Grand Bazaar1 Hale o Keawe Havana Harbor1 House of Wisdom Machu Pikchu Nan Madol1 Notre Dame Reykjaholt1 Rila Monastery1 Serpent Mound1 Shwedagon Zedi Daw Thành Huế1 Tomb of Askia Wat Xieng Thong1 White Tower
Modern	Battersea Power Station1 Boudhanath1 Brandenburg Gate Chengde Mountain Resort Dogo Onsen Doi Suthep Eiffel Tower Eram Garden1 Hermitage Manhattan Project Muzibu Azaala Mpanga Oxford University Palacio de Bellas Artes Red Fort Statue of Liberty Sultanahmet Camii1 Taj Mahal Ubudiah Mosque1 World's Fair
Natural	Bermuda Triangle Grand Canyon Great Barrier Reef Great Blue Hole1 Gullfoss Hoerikwaggo Iguazú Falls Machapuchare1 Mapu 'a Vaea Blowholes1 Mount Everest Mount Fuji1 Mount Kilimanjaro Redwood Forest Thera Torres del Paine Uluru Valley of Flowers Vihren1 Vinicunca1 Zhangjiajie
1 Requires DLC