Nineveh
Ancient Mesopotamian metropolis
Nineveh was an ancient city on the Tigris River in what is now northern Iraq, capital of the Assyrian Empire at its height.
In the Bible, it appears as the destination where Jonah reluctantly preached after escaping the whale, and as a symbol of worldly power brought low by divine judgment.
The name now evokes ancient grandeur and fallen empires.
Western Asian river
- EuphratesMajor Iraqi river
- BabylonAncient Mesopotamian capital
- AkkadianAncient Semitic Mesopotamian language
- SumerianEarliest known civilization
ziggurat · irrigation · cuneiform · Hammurabi · Ur · Tell · Mosul · Iraq
Akkadian empire founder
- cuneiformStylus-impressed ancient script
- reliefsRaised surface carvings
- palaceMonarch's official residence
- empireDomain under unified control
conquest · tribute · vassal · deportation · annals
Bringer of misfortune
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- ZephaniahOld Testament prophetic voice
- whaleHuge sea mammal
judgment · wickedness · sackcloth · fasting · deliverance · oracle · destruction · Jerusalem
Act of completely ruining
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- moundsHeaps of earth
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- fallenHaving dropped down
abandoned · crumbled · devastation · overgrown · remnants · walls · gates · fortifications
Act of unearthing
- libraryBook collection or building
- tabletsFlat portable computing devices
- reliefsRaised surface carvings
- LouvreParis art museum
artifacts · stratigraphy · mound · tell · dig · Smith · inscriptions · spoliation
Tigris
Western Asian river
- EuphratesMajor Iraqi river
- BabylonAncient Mesopotamian capital
- AkkadianAncient Semitic Mesopotamian language
Sumerian · ziggurat · irrigation · cuneiform · Hammurabi · Ur · Tell · Mosul · Iraq
Sargon
Akkadian empire founder
Jonah
Bringer of misfortune
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- ZephaniahOld Testament prophetic voice
whale · judgment · wickedness · sackcloth · fasting · deliverance · oracle · destruction · Jerusalem · Hezekiah
destruction
Act of completely ruining
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- moundsHeaps of earth
- rubbleBroken building fragments
fallen · abandoned · crumbled · devastation · overgrown · remnants · walls · gates · fortifications · siege
excavation
Act of unearthing
- libraryBook collection or building
- tabletsFlat portable computing devices
- reliefsRaised surface carvings
Louvre · artifacts · stratigraphy · mound · tell · dig · Smith · inscriptions · spoliation · looting
Ishtar
Babylonian goddess of love
- Assyrian Cities
- ancient civilizationsAncient Egypt, Sumer, Ancient Greece, Aztecs, Egypt
- ancient sitesPompeii, Stonehenge, pyramids, Colosseum, Giza
- Lost CivilizationsAtlantis, Pompeii, Troy, Babylon, Mycenae
- Ancient MesopotamiaBabylon, Assyria, cuneiform, Sumer, Akkadian
- IraqBaghdad, Basra, Mosul, Fallujah, Kurdistan
NinevehJerusalem
Triply sacred ancient capital
Zion · City of David · New Jerusalem · Bethlehem · Eden
NinevehBabylon
Ancient Mesopotamian capital
Ur · Persepolis · Memphis · Thebes