Nineveh, IQ
Successive monarchs such as Tiglath-pileser III
Nineveh was an ancient Near Eastern city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in the modern-day city of Mosul in northern Iraq. Nineveh itself was founded as early as 6000 BC during the late Neolithic period. Successive monarchs such as Tiglath-pileser III, Sargon II, Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, and Ashurbanipal maintained and founded new palaces, as well as temples to Sîn, Ashur, Nergal, Shamash, Ninurta, Ishtar, Tammuz, Nisroch and Nabu. The solid foundation was made out of limestone blocks and mud bricks; it was 22 metres (72 ft) tall.
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