Nineveh

Details

Instance of

ancient city, tell, archaeological site, type site

Located in

Mosul

Country

Iraq, Sasanian Empire

Capital of

Assyrian Empire

category for people who died here

Q32667597

culture

Ninevite V

described by source

Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Реальный словарь классических древностей по Любкеру, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyer’s Universum, Siebzehnter Band

different from

Niniwa, Nineveh Governorate

dissolved, abolished or demolished date

612 BCE

heritage designation

Tentative World Heritage Site

replaced by

Mosul

significant event

Destruction of Nineveh

topic's main category

Category:Nineveh

World Heritage criteria

(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

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