Nimrud
Ancient city · Iraq
- Abandoned
- 611 BC
- Founded
- 1300 BC
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 36.098, 43.329
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: древний город в Месопотамии
History
Nimrud is an ancient Assyrian city located in Iraq, 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of the city of Mosul, and 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of the village of Selamiyah, in the Nineveh Plains in Upper Mesopotamia. It was a major Assyrian city between approximately 1350 BC and 610 BC. The city is located in a strategic position 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of where the river Tigris meets its tributary the Great Zab. The city covered an area of 360 hectares. The ruins of the city were found within one kilometre (1,100 yd) of the modern-day Assyrian village of Noomanea in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq.