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Nineveh

Nineveh was an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in modern-day northern Iraq; it is on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, and was the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.

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Country: Iraq

District: Nineveh Governorate

Category: Historic Cities and Regions

Site History: Third Millennium BC

Oldest Culture: Assyrian

Later Cultures: Mixed

Site Features: Assyrian Monuments

UNESCO Tentative List

Official Name: The Ancient City of Nineveh

Date of Submission: 2000

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