{"slug": "nineveh", "label": "Nineveh", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineveh", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5680", "qid": "Q5680", "description": "ancient Assyrian city, capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [-2299, 627], "span_label": ["2300 BCE", "627 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "iraq", "label": "Iraq", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "assyria", "label": "Assyria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "babylonia", "label": "Babylonia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sennacherib", "label": "Sennacherib", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "british-museum", "label": "British Museum", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ancient-egypt", "label": "Ancient Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "baghdad", "label": "Baghdad", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mesopotamia", "label": "Mesopotamia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tigris", "label": "Tigris", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "assassination", "label": "Assassination", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "babylon", "label": "Babylon", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -2299, "year_label": "2300 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "c. 2300 BC – 2200 BC: \"Head of a man from Nineveh\" (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq) is made. It is now in the Iraq Museum, Baghdad.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371895841#Events", "title": "23rd century BC", "revid": 1371895841, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -703, "year_label": "704 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "704 BC—Sennacherib moves the capital of Assyria to Nineveh.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361440079#Events_and_trends", "title": "700s BC (decade)", "revid": 1361440079, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -698, "year_label": "699 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "699 BC—Sennacherib carries out his fifth military campaign in Babylonia, a series of raids against the villages around the foot of Mount Judi, located to the northeast of Nineveh.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292140577#Events_and_trends", "title": "690s BC", "revid": 1292140577, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -680, "year_label": "681 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "681 BC—King Sennacherib of Assyria is assassinated by one or two of his sons in the temple of the god Ninurta at Kalhu (Northern Mesopotamia) after a 24-year reign in which he defeated the Babylonians, made Nineveh (modern Iraq) a showplace, and diverted the waters of the Tigris River into a huge aqueduct to supply the city with irrigation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368318910#Events_and_trends", "title": "680s BC", "revid": 1368318910, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -667, "year_label": "668 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Nineveh, capital of Assyria becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Thebes in Egypt (estimation).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510235#Middle_East", "title": "668 BC", "revid": 1370510235, "section": "Events › By Place › Middle East"}}, {"year": -646, "year_label": "647 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Ashurbanipal and his Queen in the Garden, from the palace at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), is made. It is now at the British Museum, London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510236#Middle_East", "title": "647 BC", "revid": 1370510236, "section": "Events › Middle East"}}, {"year": -611, "year_label": "612 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Nineveh: An allied army of Babylonians, Medes, Scythians, and Susianians besieges and conquers Nineveh, capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Sinsharishkun, King of Assyria, is killed in the sacking.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510241#Events", "title": "612 BC", "revid": 1370510241, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -611, "year_label": "612 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Babylon, capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Nineveh.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510241#Events", "title": "612 BC", "revid": 1370510241, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 627, "year_label": "627 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 12", "text": "December 12 – Battle of Nineveh: Heraclius crosses the Great Zab river and, in a feigned retreat, defeats the Persian army (12,000 men) under Rhahzadh, near the ruins of Nineveh (Iraq). Although wounded, Heraclius refuses to leave the battlefield, and in a final cavalry charge personally kills the Persian general.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346712156#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "627", "revid": 1346712156, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}]}