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Nineveh
Nin·e·veh
[
nínnəvə
]
ancient capital of the Assyrian empire, situated on the Tigris River in northern Iraq. At the height of its importance from about 705
bc
, it was destroyed by the Babylonians and Medes in 612
bc
.
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