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c. 3000 BCE - c. 2000 BCENinurta first mentioned as Ningirsu, an agricultural god who evolves into a war god.
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c. 2600 BCEReferred to as Ninurta regularly in inscriptions.
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c. 2000 BCE - c. 1000 BCENinurta, though still associated with agriculture, is primarily a hero-god of war.
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c. 1700 BCE - c. 1500 BCEComposition date for The Instructions of Ninurta, the world's first "Farmer's Almanac".
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c. 1244 BCE - 1208 BCEReign of Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta I who honors the god by taking his name.
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884 BCE - 859 BCEReign of Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II who dedicates the city of Kalhu to Ninurta.
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879 BCEAshurnasirpal II declares Kalhu capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, dedicates temple to Ninurta.
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681 BCE - 669 BCEReign of Esarhaddon of Neo-Assyrian Empire, who regularly invokes Ninurta.
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668 BCE - 627 BCEReign of Ashurbanipal of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, regularly mentions Ninurta in his inscriptions.
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612 BCEFall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and destruction of Ninurta's temples.
