Written By
Bil Weekend
Editorial Team
Key Facts
- Founded
- c. 5000 BC
- Library Tablets
- ~30,000
- Location
- Mosul, Iraq
What is Nineveh?
In the heart of Mosul city on the east bank of the ancient Tigris lies not just a city but rather a crucial chapter in the book of humanity: Nineveh.
The former capital of the legendary Neo-Assyrian Empire. A city so old with ruins dating all the way back to 5000BC. Historically an urban center that once remained the biggest in the entire ancient world for 50 years.
A location where you once would have heard many languages while shopping in its bustling markets. A place of culture that still echoes with traces in our modern times today.
The Rise of The Great Capital
Despite Assur being the first capital of Assyria, Nineveh was always curated by monarchs to be a constructed and developed city throughout the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC. From the Middle Assyrian age (c. 1365 -1000 BCE) into the Neo-Assyrian, the cosmopolis developed marvelously in architectural expansion.
