Ninua
Ninua, known in English as Nineveh, is the ancient Mesopotamian city whose Akkadian name is Ninua. It was the principal city and at times the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River opposite the modern city of Mosul in Iraq. The site rose from a provincial town to a major political, economic, and religious center that administered a vast empire from roughly the 9th to the 7th century BCE.
Historically, Nineveh played a central role in Assyria’s imperial administration and culture. Under kings such as
In 612 BCE, a coalition of Medes and Babylonians captured and destroyed Nineveh, contributing to the collapse