Nineveh
About Nineveh
Nineveh was an ancient Near Eastern city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in the modern-day city of Mosul in northern Iraq. It is located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River and was the capital and largest city of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, and potentially the wealthiest city in the ancient world. Today, it is a common name for the half of Mosul that lies on the eastern bank of the Tigris, and the country's Nineveh Governorate takes its name from it.
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Sinakarib is most famous for moving his capital city to Nineveh, and he had a really amazing capital city with gardens. They think it might have been the hanging gardens of Babylon.
from 83: No Such Thing As A Flying Sniffer Dog, 2015-10-16 at 00:19:10 · read transcript
Other times Nineveh came up
Yes. Of course, yeah. This myth is particularly bizarre. This is how the Assyrian myth had it in the library at Nineveh when they found it. I didn't realize this is in the epic of Gilgamesh, so the very famous discovery, most famous discovery that was made there. The belief, the story as it was told was that there was this huge flood. Before the flood, then God had delivered all his messages to people via these fish, these weird fish creatures.
No Such Thing As A Fishman, 2018-11-23 · listen
Yes, and of course, yeah. This myth is particularly bizarre. This is how the Assyrian myth had it in the library at Nineveh when they found it. I didn't realize this is in the epic of Gilgamesh, so the very famous discovery, the most famous discovery that was made there. The belief, the story as it was told, was that there was this huge flood, and before the flood, then God had delivered all his messages to people via these fish, these weird fish creatures.
244: No Such Thing As A Fishman, 2018-11-23 · listen
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