Although the Assyrian empire ended in 612 B.C., history is replete with recorded ... The remains of the ancient capital of Assyria, Nineveh, lie within Mosul in northern Iraq. The worlds 4.5 million ...

At the end of the 8th century BC the Assyrian King Sennacherib chose Nineveh as his capital and ... At this time the Assyrians had carved an empire that stretched from Egypt to the Persian Gulf ...

Assyria, which was located in Mesopotamia, is considered the world's first empire. It existed from 2000 BCE to 612 BCE, and was led by Sennacherib from 705 to 681 BCE. Sennacherib moved the rapidly ...

Built during the reign of King Sennacherib (705-681 BCE), the wall stretches for 12 kilometres within the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, which is located on the outskirts of modern-day Mosul.