 Nharaunda iyi inopinda munhoroondo pakupera kwechiuru chemakore chechitatu BC, apo Erbil inotaurwa seUrbilum namambo Shulgi weUr III dzinza. Kubvira panguva iyoyo zvichienda mberi, nharaunda yeLittle Zab yakava yakabatanidzwa zvikuru munhau dzeumambo hweMesopotamia hwakatevedzana uhwo hwaitsvaka kudzora Makomo eZagros. Pakutanga kwechiuru chemakore chechipiri BCE, mambo Shamshi-Adad weUpper Mesopotamia akarwa hondo nenyika yeQabra, iyo ingangodaro yaive iri munzira yepasi yeLittle Zab, uye akaisa varwi mumataundi akakundwa. Matombo evhu akawanikwa kuTell Shemshara aimbonzi Shusharra anoratidza kuti gavhuna womunzvimbo yacho akachinja kuva pasi paShamshi-Adad. Muzana remakore rechi14 B.C.E., nharaunda yacho yaiva chikamu cheumambo hweMitannian, ine nzvimbo dzakaita seNuzi neTell al-Fakhar, kumaodzanyemba kweLittle Zab, ichiburitsa zvinyorwa zvevhu zvepiritsi zvenguva iyi. Munguva yekupera kwechipiri-kutanga kwemireniyumu yekutanga BCE, mudziyo wepasi weLittle Zab waive wepakati penyika yeMiddle Assyrian neNeo-Assyrian empires. Pashure pokuwa kwoUmambo hweNeo-Assyria, kudzora Zagros kwakatanga kuenda kuvaMedhia uye muna 550 BCE kuUmambo hwaAchaemenid. Mutongi wokupedzisira weAchaemenid Darius III akakundwa naAlexander Mukuru paHondo yeGaugamelakuchamhembe kweIraq uye pashure porufu rwaAlexander muna 323, nharaunda yacho yakawira kuvatsivi vake veSeleucid. 