{"id":48369,"date":"2025-05-20T17:53:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T12:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=48369"},"modified":"2025-05-29T15:41:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T10:11:52","slug":"nineveh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nineveh\/","title":{"rendered":"Nineveh"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Nineveh Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>During recent excavations in the ancient metropolis of Nineveh, archaeologists came across large parts of a monumental relief, including King Assurbanipal (668 to 627 BC), the last ruler of the Assyrian Empire, accompanied by two important deities and other figures.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 35px; font-style: inherit;\">About Nineveh<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was one of the most important sites in\u00a0<strong>northern Mesopotamia<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>became the capital of the Assyrian Empire under King Sennacherib<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0<strong>late 8th century BCE.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is situated on the\u00a0<strong>east bank of the Tigris River<\/strong>\u00a0within the modern city of\u00a0<strong>Mosul, Iraq.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was the\u00a0<strong>oldest and most populous city of<\/strong>\u00a0the ancient\u00a0<strong>Assyrian empire.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The area was\u00a0<strong>settled as early as 6000 BCE and, by 3000 BCE<\/strong>, had become an important religious centre for worship of the goddess Ishtar.<\/li>\n<li>It came directly under Assyrian rule during the reign of Shamashi Adad I (r. 1813-1791 BCE) but was most fully developed during the Neo-Assyrian Empire (912-612 BCE) by Sennacherib (r. 705-681 BCE).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prior to its fall,<\/strong>\u00a0however, Nineveh was the\u00a0<strong>largest urban center in the world,<\/strong>\u00a0ornamented by\u00a0<strong>gardens, statuary, parks, and a zoo,\u00a0<\/strong>and was regarded as a great<strong>\u00a0cultural center.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The city was<strong>\u00a0destroyed in 612 BCE by\u00a0<\/strong>a coalition led by\u00a0<strong>Babylonians and Medes, which toppled the Assyrian Empire.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Nineveh FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong>\u00a0What is the significance of Nineveh?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Nineveh was one of the most important sites in northern Mesopotamia and became the capital of the Assyrian Empire under King Sennacherib in the late 8th century BCE.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong>\u00a0What modern city lies near the ruins of ancient Nineveh?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Mosul, Iraq<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3:<\/strong>\u00a0Who destroyed Nineveh?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0After Nineveh fell to the Medes and Babylonians in 612 BC, the city was destroyed and never regained its earlier significance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-in\/money\/markets\/spectacular-find-monumental-images-of-gods-discovered-in-nineveh\/ar-AA1EZxPr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MSN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"allow-copy_covered_elem_id_1748348637335\" class=\"allow-copy_cover allow-copy_cover__minimized allow-copy_cover__on-elem\" style=\"top: 0px; 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