Nineveh
Ancient city · Iraq
- Abandoned
- 611 BC
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 36.359, 43.153
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Древний город в Месопотамии, столица Ассирийского государства
History
Nineveh was an ancient Near Eastern city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in the modern-day city of Mosul in northern Iraq. It is located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River and was the capital and largest city of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, and potentially the wealthiest city in the ancient world. Today, it is a common name for the half of Mosul that lies on the eastern bank of the Tigris, and the country's Nineveh Governorate takes its name from it.