5000 B.C. (-250) The earliest known settlement of Nineveh. In 1932, Sir Max Mallowan ... 1365 B.C. (3385) Ashuruballit lays the foundations of the first Assyrian empire. 1307 B.C. (3443) Adad-narari ...

The remains of the ancient capital of Assyria, Nineveh, lie within Mosul in northern Iraq. The worlds 3.5 million Assyrians are currently dispersed with members of the diaspora comprising nearly ...

Philadelphia, Pa -- The Penn Museum's latest exhibit, Preserving Assyria explores the preservation ... of one of the gates of the ancient city of Nineveh uncovered sculptures of King Sennacherib ...

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You are getting anxious. It is early June, in the year later known as 763 B.C. You are a prisoner of war in Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire, and you have good reason to be afraid.

Set against the backdrop of Nineveh, the capital of the mighty Assyrian Empire, ‘Lamassu Falling’ immerses readers in a time when plagues and wars ravaged the land. The story unfolds as an ...