Nineveh

ancient Assyrian city, capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire

11 dated entries naming Nineveh, drawn from 10 separate years between 2300 BCE and 627 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Kuyunjik, Ninevah, Ninveh in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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23rd century BC

2300 BCEc. 2300 BC – 2200 BC: "Head of a man from Nineveh" (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq) is made. It is now in the Iraq Museum, Baghdad.source

8th century BC

704 BCE704 BC—Sennacherib moves the capital of Assyria to Nineveh.source

7th century BC

699 BCE699 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.source
681 BCE681 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.source
679 BCEEsarhaddon, is mentioned in some texts as having taken a city called Arsa near the River of Egypt, and its king Asuhili was taken back to the Assyrian capital Ninveh.source
668 BCENineveh, capital of Assyria becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Thebes in Egypt (estimation).source
647 BCEAshurbanipal and his Queen in the Garden, from the palace at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), is made. It is now at the British Museum, London.source
612 BCEBattle 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.source
612 BCEBabylon, capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Nineveh.source

4th century BC

331 BCEOctober 1 – Alexander is victorious in the Battle of Gaugamela (near ancient Ninevah) over the Persian King Darius III. Alexander pursues the defeated Persian forces to Arbela, Darius moves his Bactrian cavalry and Greek mercenaries into Media.source

7th century

627December 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.source