Nineveh Timeline

Nineveh is first settled.

Nineveh is a major religious center for the worship of the goddess Ishtar.

King Shalmanesar I builds a palace and temple at Nineveh.

Large scale building projects continue in Nineveh.

Reign of Sennacherib's son, Esarhaddon, who continues building projects.

Reign of King Ashurbanipal, last king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Palace and Library built at Nineveh.

Extensive collection of clay tablets acquired known as Ashurbanipal's Library at Nineveh.

Incursions by Babylonians, Elamites, Medes and Scythians weakens the city of Nineveh.

Nineveh is sacked and burned by combined forces of Babylonians and Medes.

Site of The Battle of Nineveh which ends the Byzantine-Sassanid war.

Muslim Conquest of Mesopotamia.