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[[Image:Iraq sm 2007.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Location of the ruins of Nineveh, Iraq]]
'''Nineveh''' (nin´ē-ve נינוה, nīnewēh) was the last capital of [[Assyria|the Assyrian empire]] from 5000 until 612 BC when it was destroyed by the [[Babylonians]]. The early date is based upon the biblical account of Asshur founding Nineveh in the biblical book of [[Genesis|Genesis]] (Genesis 10:11), which would translate to roughtly 5000 B.C. based upon recorded geneologies. The ruins of the city are on the banks of the Tigris River near modern Mosul in Iraq.
'''Nineveh''' (nin´ē-ve נינוה, nīnewēh) was the last capital of [[Assyria|the Assyrian empire]] from 5000 until 612 BC when it was destroyed by the [[Babylonians]]. The early date is based upon the biblical account of Asshur founding Nineveh in the biblical book of [[Genesis|Genesis]] (Genesis 10:11), which would translate to roughtly 5000 B.C. based upon recorded geneologies. The ruins of the city are on the banks of the Tigris River near modern Mosul in Iraq.