Nineveh
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Nineveh was an ancient Assyrian city on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, famed as a major political and cultural center and once the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nineveh canonical | 58 |
| ancient city of Nineveh | 3 |
| city of Nineveh | 3 |
| Assyrian capital Nineveh | 1 |
| Nineveh (near modern Mosul, Iraq) | 1 |
| Nineveh archaeological complex | 1 |
| Nineveh city walls | 1 |
| city walls of Nineveh | 1 |
| people of Nineveh | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ former national capital ⓘ |
| artifactsHeldAt |
British Museum
ⓘ
Iraqi National Museum ⓘ
surface form:
Iraq Museum
|
| associatedWithRuler |
Ashurbanipal
ⓘ
Esarhaddon ⓘ Sennacherib ⓘ |
| contains |
North Palace of Ashurbanipal
ⓘ
Southwest Palace of Sennacherib ⓘ Temple of Ishtar of Nineveh ⓘ |
| culture |
Assyrians
ⓘ
surface form:
Assyrian
|
| destroyedBy |
Babylonian forces
ⓘ
Median forces ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Austen Henry Layard ⓘ |
| excavatedInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| fellInYear | 612 BCE ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury | 7th century BCE ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod |
Neo-Assyrian
ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Assyrian period
|
| hasArchaeologicalSite |
Kuyunjik
ⓘ
Prophet Noah ⓘ
surface form:
Nebi Yunus
|
| hasFeature |
canals and aqueducts
ⓘ
city gates ⓘ cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ massive defensive walls ⓘ relief sculptures ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cultural importance
ⓘ
extensive city walls ⓘ libraries ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ palaces ⓘ political importance ⓘ temples ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Akkadian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Assyria ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Iraq ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Mosul
ⓘ
surface form:
modern city of Mosul
|
| locatedOn | eastern bank of the Tigris River ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Jonah
ⓘ
Book of Nahum ⓘ Tobit ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Tobit
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| region | Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| religiousAssociation |
later Islamic traditions at Nebi Yunus
ⓘ
worship of Ishtar ⓘ |
| servedAs | capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | part of the tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Iraq ⓘ |
| wasCapitalUnder |
Ashurbanipal
ⓘ
Esarhaddon ⓘ Sennacherib ⓘ |
| writingSystemUsed | cuneiform ⓘ |
Referenced by (70)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ancient city of Nineveh
subject surface form:
Annals of Sargon II
this entity surface form:
Nineveh (near modern Mosul, Iraq)
this entity surface form:
city of Nineveh
subject surface form:
Jonah
this entity surface form:
people of Nineveh
this entity surface form:
city walls of Nineveh
this entity surface form:
ancient city of Nineveh
this entity surface form:
ancient city of Nineveh