<strong>ملخص الدراسة:</strong>

This research deals with the archeological sites and their patterns,whether they are cities or important centers or small sites and their distribution in the large lands in the Makhmur Valley, and the sequencing of settlements there since the earliest ages, specifically the role of Hassuna and its continuation until after the Islamic conquests. The research also included the periods of prosperity and florish, the cultural centers and the factors that led to its prosperity and the subsequent periods that witnessed the diminish that hit parts of the area Under research, as well as the historical periods that witnessed intensive settlement and other periods in which the settlement gradually turn into a shrinking welded.