Nineveh (modern-day Mosul, Iraq) was one of the oldest and greatest cities in antiquity. It was originally known as Ninua, a trade center, and would become one of the largest and most affluent cities in antiquity. It was regarded highly by ancient writers other than those who created the biblical narratives which cast it in a negative light.
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c. 6000 BCENineveh is first settled.
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c. 3000 BCE - c. 2000 BCENineveh is a major religious center for the worship of the goddess Ishtar.
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1273 BCE - 1244 BCEKing Shalmanesar I builds a palace and temple at Nineveh.
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c. 1000 BCELarge scale building projects continue in Nineveh.
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681 BCE - 669 BCEReign of Sennacherib's son, Esarhaddon, who continues building projects.
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668 BCE - 627 BCEReign of King Ashurbanipal, last king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Palace and Library built at Nineveh.
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c. 647 BCE - c. 629 BCEExtensive collection of clay tablets acquired known as Ashurbanipal's Library at Nineveh.
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625 BCEIncursions by Babylonians, Elamites, Medes and Scythians weakens the city of Nineveh.
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612 BCENineveh is sacked and burned by combined forces of Babylonians and Medes.
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627 CESite of The Battle of Nineveh which ends the Byzantine-Sassanid war.
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651 CEMuslim Conquest of Mesopotamia.
