Der was a Sumerian city state positioned east of the Tigris River on the border between Sumer and Elam, now modern day Iraq. Sumer (or Shumer, Egyptian Sangar, Bib. ... The Tigris (Old Persian: Tigr, Syriac Aramaic: Deqlath, Arabic: دجلة, Dijla, Turkish: Dicle; biblical Hiddekil) is the eastern member of the pair of great rivers that define Mesopotamia, along with the Euphrates, which flows from the mountains of Anatolia through Iraq. ... Elam (Persian: ایلام) is one of the most ancient civilizations on record. ...

In 720 BC the Assyrian king Sargon II moved against Elam, but the Assyrian host was defeated near Der. Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC Decades: 770s BC 760s BC 750s BC 740s BC 730s BC - 720s BC - 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC Events and Trends 728 BC - Piye invades Egypt, conquering Memphis and receives the submission of the rulers... Relief from Assyrian capital of Dur Sharrukin, showing transport of Lebanese cedar (8th c. ... Sargon II, captor of Samaria, with a dignitary Sargon II (ܣܪܓܘܢ in Syriac) (r. ...

The local deity of the city was named Ištaran, represented on Earth by his minister, the snake God Nirah. IÅ¡taran was the local deity of the city of Der, a Sumerian city state positioned east of the Tigris River on the border between Sumer and Elam. ...