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Nineveh (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 22 04 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.3670 decimal degrees |
| Long: 043 09 24 E degrees minutes |
Long: 43.1560 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was an ancient city that succeeded Nimrud as the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. It was made into a spectacular center by Sennacherib and developed into cultural center by Ashurbanipal in the 7th century BCE. A large library of cuneiform tablets was here. The city fell to Nabopolassar of Babylon in 612 BCE. The two main mound-ruins of Ninevah are known as Tell Nabi Yunus, and Kouyunjik. |
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| Nineveh (preferred,C,V)
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| Ninevah (C,V,S)
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| Ninive (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Ninus (C,O)
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| Nineuē (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Naynuwa (C,V)
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| Nineve (H,O,Latin,U,N)
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| Ninos (H,O)
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| Ninua (H,O)
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| Νινευή (C,V,Greek,U)
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| ܢܸܢܘܵܐ (C,V,Assyrian Neo-Aramaic,U)
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| نینوا (C,V,Persian-Farsi,U)
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| نينوى (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| נינוה (C,V,Hebrew ,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Iraq (nation) (P) |
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Nīnawá (governorate) (P) |
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Nineveh (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Assyria (former nation/state/empire) (P,H) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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was great city in 1st mill. BC |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| ruins (C) |
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| tell (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| trade center (H) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Assyria, late 8th cen. BC |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Assyria .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Asia) [7016606] |
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