nineveh

     

Coorinates: 36°21′34″N, 43°09′10″E

Trivia about nineveh

  • This ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris River was destroyed by Babylonians, Medes & Scythians in 612 B.C.
  • Jonah was angry when this Assyrian city he prophesied against wasn't destroyed
  • Ashurbanipal turned this capital city of Assyria into a cultural mecca
  • The capital of Assyria; Ashurbanipal founded a library there