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2 days ago · Uruk, today known as Warka, was a city in the ancient Near East situated east of the present bed of the Euphrates River on the dried-up ancient channel of the Euphrates. The site lies 93 kilometers (58 miles) northwest of ancient Ur, 108 kilometers (67 miles) southeast of ancient Nippur, and 24 kilometers (15 miles) southeast of ancient Larsa.
- Erech (Middle-earth)
Gondor is a fictional kingdom in J. R. R. Tolkien's...
- Uruk (Disambiguation)
Uruk was a city in ancient Sumer.. Uruk may also refer to: ....
- Uruk-hai
An orc (sometimes spelt ork; / ɔːr k /), in J. R. R....
- Sumerian King List
The Sumerian King List (abbreviated SKL) or Chronicle of the...
- Erech (Middle-earth)
6 days ago · Nubia ( / ˈnjuːbiə /, Nobiin: Nobīn, [2] Arabic: النُوبَة, romanized : an-Nūba) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile (south of Aswan in southern Egypt) and the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan ), or more strictly, Al Dabbah.
5 days ago · Nebuchadnezzar II ( / nɛbjʊkədˈnɛzər /; Babylonian cuneiform: Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, [6] [7] [c] meaning " Nabu, watch over my heir"; [8] Biblical Hebrew: נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר [d] Nəḇūḵaḏneʾṣṣar ), also spelled Nebuchadrezzar II, [8] was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from the death of his father Nabopolassar in 605 BC to his own...
May 5, 2024 · Assyrian records support the idea that the Hanging Gardens were actually built at Nineveh. The British Museum’s Garden Relief (see the image at the top of this article) from Nineveh shows trees hanging in the air on terraces and plants suspended on stone arches that resemble stones uncovered by archaeologists along from Sennacherib’s waterways.
May 1, 2024 · Synopsis. According to the biblical account, God orders Jonah to warn the citizens of Nineveh, a principal Assyrian city, to repent of their wickedness, but Jonah refuses to believe that these hated people deserve salvation.
May 6, 2024 · IRAQ INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTHCARE CONSTRUCTION. The governor of Iraq’s Nineveh governorate, Abdul-Qadir al-Dakhil, announced several projects in the province funded by the 2023 budget during a press conference on Monday. The projects include the establishment of hospitals, a stadium, and the completion of Mosul Airport works, a report by local ...
May 1, 2024 · Almost 90 percent of those living in the camps are originally from Nineveh governorate, which includes diverse areas like Sinjar, Mosul, and the Nineveh Plains.
