Nineveh
Capital of the Neo-Assyrian empire on the east bank of the Tigris opposite modern Mosul; the Kuyunjik mound held Ashurbanipal's great library. A pin here marks where the tablet was unearthed, not where its text was first composed.
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Ideas shaped here
Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Nineveh. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.
- Aššur, God of the Assyrian Empire119 passages
- Divine Kingship & the Mandate to Rule72 passages
- Temple-Building & Sacred Architecture37 passages
- Inana / Ištar, Goddess of Love & War14 passages
- The King as Shepherd of the People13 passages
- Marduk & Nabû, Gods of Babylon11 passages
- Nanna / Sîn, the Moon-God8 passages
- The Pantheon & the Divine Assembly7 passages
- Foundation Rites & the Buried Record6 passages
- The Sacred Marriage (Inana & Dumuzi)4 passages
- Divine Abandonment & the Fall of a Dynasty4 passages