ancient Nineveh

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ancient_city
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Kuyunjik_mound
gptkb:Nebī_Yūnus_mound
gptkbp:artifactsFound reliefs
cuneiform tablets
winged bulls (lamassu)
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:King_Ashurbanipal
gptkb:King_Sennacherib
gptkbp:book gptkb:Book_of_Zephaniah
gptkb:Book_of_Nahum
Book of Jonah
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Neo-Assyrian_Empire
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:Scythians
gptkb:Chaldeans
gptkb:Medes
gptkb:Babylonian-Median_coalition
612 BCE
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Austen_Henry_Layard
gptkbp:famousFor gptkb:Library_of_Ashurbanipal
gptkbp:firstEuropeanSettlement Neolithic period
gptkbp:flourishedDuring 7th century BCE
gptkbp:foundedYear circa 6000 BCE
gptkbp:gatesNumber 15
gptkbp:hasRuins gptkb:Kuyunjik
gptkb:Nebī_Yūnus
gptkbp:hasWall about 12 km
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label ancient Nineveh
gptkbp:languageSpoken Akkadian
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkbp:locatedOn eastern bank of the Tigris River
gptkbp:mentionedIn gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkbp:modernLocation near Mosul, Iraq
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Palace_of_Sennacherib
gptkb:Adad_Gate
gptkb:Mashki_Gate
gptkb:Nergal_Gate
gptkb:Palace_of_Ashurbanipal
gptkb:Shamash_Gate
gptkb:Temple_of_Ishtar
gptkbp:populationPeak over 100,000
gptkbp:region gptkb:Assyria
gptkbp:religion Assyrian polytheism
gptkbp:significance largest city in the world for a period
gptkbp:tradedOn connected to Mediterranean and Persian Gulf
gptkbp:UNESCO_reference_number http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1428/
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus Tentative list
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jonah_and_the_Whale_(children's_stories)
gptkb:Nebi_Yunus_mound
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6