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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:ancient_city
gptkb:archaeological_site
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gptkbp:area
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about 7 square kilometers
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:Esarhaddon
gptkb:Sennacherib
gptkb:Ashurbanipal
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gptkbp:capital
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gptkb:Neo-Assyrian_Empire
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gptkbp:destroyedBy
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gptkb:Babylonians
gptkb:Medes
612 BCE
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gptkbp:excavatedBy
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gptkb:Austen_Henry_Layard
gptkb:Sir_Henry_Rawlinson
gptkb:Hormuzd_Rassam
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gptkbp:famousFor
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gptkb:Library_of_Ashurbanipal
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gptkbp:foundedIn
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7th millennium BCE
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gptkbp:hasWall
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about 12 kilometers
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Ancient City of Nineveh
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Iraq
Mosul
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gptkbp:locatedOn
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eastern bank of the Tigris River
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gptkbp:mentionedIn
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gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
Book of Jonah
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gptkbp:notablePlace
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gptkb:palace_of_Ashurbanipal
gptkb:palace_of_Sennacherib
gptkb:Ishtar_Gate
gptkb:Adad_Gate
gptkb:Mashki_Gate
gptkb:Nergal_Gate
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gptkbp:populationPeak
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about 100,000
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gptkbp:reachedPeakIn
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7th century BCE
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gptkbp:significance
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site of major archaeological discoveries
major center of Assyrian culture and administration
one of the oldest and greatest cities of antiquity
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gptkbp:status
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ruins
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gptkbp:threats
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looting
conflict in Iraq
modern urban expansion
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gptkbp:UNESCO_reference_number
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http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1424/
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gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list
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2000
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Al-Mosul
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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