Nineveh

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ancient city archaeological site former national capital

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.

Aliases (1)

ancient city of Nineveh ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city → archaeological site → former national capital →
artifactsHeldAt	British Museum → Iraq Museum →
associatedWithRuler	Ashurbanipal → Esarhaddon → Sennacherib →
contains	North Palace of Ashurbanipal → Southwest Palace of Sennacherib → Temple of Ishtar of Nineveh →
culture	Assyrian →
destroyedBy	Babylonian forces → Median forces →
excavatedBy	Austen Henry Layard →
excavatedInCentury	19th century →
fellInYear	612 BCE →
flourishedInCentury	7th century BCE →
flourishedInPeriod	Neo-Assyrian period →
hasArchaeologicalSite	Kuyunjik → 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	modern city of Mosul →
locatedOn	eastern bank of the Tigris River →
mentionedIn	Book of Jonah → Book of Nahum → Book of Tobit → 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 (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Assyria → Shalmaneser V →	capital
Assyria →	archaeologicalSite
Royal Road →	connects
Mesopotamia →	contains
Epic of Gilgamesh →	discoveredAt
St. Isaac the Syrian →	episcopalSee
Book of Jonah →	featuresLocation
Neo-Assyrian expansion →	hasCapital
Mosul ("ancient city of Nineveh") →	locatedOpposite
Assyria →	majorCity
Mosul →	nearbyArchaeologicalSite
Annals of Sargon II →	placeOfDiscovery
Sargon II →	residence
Tobit →	setIn
Patience →	settingOfNarrative