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Nineveh
Nineveh An ancient city located on the east bank of the Tigris, opposite the modern city of Mosul in northern Iraq. It was the oldest city of the ancient Assyrian empire and its capital during the reign of Sennacherib (704–681 BC) until it was destroyed by a coalition of Babylonians and Medes in 612 BC. A famous archaeological site, it was first excavated by the French in 1820 and later by the British; it is noted for its monumental Neo-Assyrian palace, library, and statuary as well as for its crucial sequence of prehistoric pottery.
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Nineveh: Papers of the [XLIX.sup.e] Rencontre Assyriologique International, London, 7-11 July 2003.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Nineveh: Papers of the [XLIX.sup.e] Rencontre...anniversary. The theme of the Rencontre, "Nineveh," chosen to highlight the museum's...one appropriately concerns the city of Nineveh itself. Marc Van De Mie-roop's "A...
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Istar of Nineveh reconsidered
Magazine article from: Journal of Cuneiform Studies; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...to the study of the goddess Istar of Nineveh (1957),1 a deity found not only in...millennium Anatolia, among whom Istar of Nineveh enjoyed particular prominence. The earliest mention of Nineveh of which I am aware is in a text from...
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POLITICS-IRAQ: WITNESSES DESCRIBE BALLOT FRAUD IN NINEVEH
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 11/7/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...ballot fraud by Kurdish authorities in Nineveh province, the key to the outcome of the...stations in various non-Kurdish areas of Nineveh and created a climate of fear and intimidation...the vote against the constitution on the Nineveh plain. They also support Sunni charges...
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You Walked in Nineveh.(Poem)
Magazine article from: Midstream; 11/1/2003; ; 550 words
; ...Airborne Division (Screaming Eagles) In Nineveh in the filthy streets of the ancient city...the sanctuary where the chazan sang In Nineveh, now Mosul, you bent low to enter that...found as you walked through Mosul, once Nineveh: shattered and sewage-smeared homes...
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SECTARIAN STRIFE SKIPS NINEVEH PROVINCE, STRYKER TEAM COMMANDER SAYS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/21/2006; 694 words
; ...Shiites in Baghdad has seemingly bypassed Nineveh province in northern Iraq, a U.S...seen that level of sectarian violence in Nineveh province," said Col. Michael Shields...fall of 2004, the Iraqi police force in Nineveh province "had collapsed," he noted...
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'Palace without a rival'.(Nineveh, Assyria)(King Sennacherib)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...on the east bank of the Tigris River, Nineveh was the last great capital of the Assyrian...earlier kings had built at the site, Nineveh did not reach its height of power and...years--between 705 and 690 B.C.--Nineveh was enclosed by an enormous wall more...
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The final sack of Nineveh: the discovery, documentation, and destruction of King Sennacherib's throne room at Nineveh, Iraq.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...JOHN MALCOLM RUSSELL. The final sack of Nineveh: the discovery, documentation, and...of King Sennacherib's throne room at Nineveh, Iraq. 192 pages. 1998. New Haven...sterling] & $60. The first sack of Nineveh, which marked the beginning of the end...
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Kurdish-Sunni Tensions In Nineveh.
Newspaper article from: APS Review Gas Market Trends; 5/25/2009; 700+ words
; ...Kurdish-Sunni Arab tensions are boiling in Nineveh, the north-Western province which includes...government's sovereignty over all of Nineveh, have pressured districts under their...hundreds of armed Kurds stopped the Nineveh police chief, a Sunni Arab, from crossing...
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From Nineveh to New York: The Strange Story of the Assyrian Reliefs in the Metropolitan Museum and the Hidden Masterpiece at Canford School. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...that one of the plaster castings of the Nineveh marbles from the palace of Assurnasirpal...raised was [pounds]7 million. In From Nineveh to New York: the strange story of the...antiquarian, Austen Henry Layard, the Nineveh marbles were one route to public renown...
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30,000 families displaced from Iraq's Nineveh since 2003 war: official
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 9/24/2009; 446 words
; ...000 families displaced from Iraq's Nineveh since 2003 war: official 30,000 families displaced from Iraq's Nineveh since 2003 war: official MOSUL, Iraq...been displaced from northern Iraq's Nineveh province since the U.S.- led war...
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Nineveh
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Nineveh , ancient city, capital of the Assyrian...of modern Mosul, Iraq. A shaft dug at Nineveh has yielded a pottery sequence that can...which seems to have been replaced by Nineveh. Nineveh was thereafter generally the...
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Isaac of Nineveh
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Isaac of Nineveh (d. c. 700), also ‘Isaac the Syrian’, monastic writer. About 676 he was made Bp. of Nineveh by the Catholicos of the Church of the East, but he soon retired to live in solitude in Khuzistan. His writings...
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Nineveh, Fast of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Nineveh, Fast of. A pre- Lenten fast of two or three days observed in the Church of the East, the Syrian Orthodox, and Coptic Churches in the third week before Lent, and in the Armenian Church immediately before Lent.
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African Israel Church Nineveh
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
African Israel Church Nineveh. An early independent church in Kenya, mainly among the Luhya and the Luo. It was founded by the highly charismatic David Zayako...
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Sennacherib
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...the late Assyrian Empire. He rebuilt Nineveh and destroyed Babylon. Sennacherib is...Sargon's death, he hastened back to Nineveh, but rebellion broke out. In Babylonia...to seek him out; building a fleet at Nineveh, he sailed the ships downriver to Opis...
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