Place:Andimeshk, Khuzestan, Iran

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NameAndimeshk
Alt namesAndīmeshksource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCity
Coordinates32.5°N 48.433°E
Located inKhuzestan, Iran
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Andimeshk (also Romanized as Āndīmeshḵ) is a city and capital of Andimeshk County, Khuzestan Province, Iran.

Andimeshk is located about north of Shush, on the main road and the rail line between Tehran and Ahvaz.

The name first appears in cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia from the Ur III period (21st to 20th century BCE) in the form "Adamshakh", with a probable meaning "Crocodile (Town)". Later it was called "Andamaska" or "Andimaska", meaning "plenty of butter"; local villages like Gheel-AB and Lour and two fortresses were added to it. The city was en route to Ilam and Anshan and subsequently to Lorestan, which made it strategically important until the late Sassanid era.[1]

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