Nineveh Postal code

Nineveh was an ancient Assyrian city in Upper Mesopotamia. It was on the outskirts of Mosul in northern Iraq. In ancient times, it was the capital and largest city of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, as well as the largest city in the world for a long time. It is on the east bank of the Tigris River. Today, it is a common name for the part of Mosul that is on the east side of the Tigris River. The country's Nineveh Governorate is named after it, as well. It was the biggest city in the world for about 50 years until the year 612 BC, when it was sacked by a group of people who had been its slaves, including the Babylonians, Medes, Persians, Scythians, and Cimmerians. By the end of the 4th century, the city was no longer a political or administrative centre. By that time, it was the home of a bishop who was a Christian. It fell behind Mosul in the Middle Ages, and by the 13th century AD, it was mostly gone. Over the river from Mosul, which is a major city in Iraq today, are its ruins. They are in Iraq's Nineveh Governorate. Tell Kuyunjiq and Tell Nab Ynus are the two main mound-ruins inside the walls. They are the site of a shrine to Jonah, the prophet who preached to Nineveh, and they are both inside the walls. There have been a lot of Assyrian sculptures and other artefacts found there. They are now in museums all over the world. Place names in English come from Latin Nnev and Septuagint Greek Nineu, which are both based on the Biblical Hebrew name Nnaweh, which comes from the Akkadian Ninua or Old Babylonian Ninuwa. The original meaning of the name isn't clear, but it may have been about a patron goddess. It looks like a fish inside of a house. This could have meant "Place of Fish," or it could have meant a goddess who was connected to fish or the Tigris, which may have come from the Hurrians. In the future, the city was said to be dedicated to "the goddess Ishtar of Nineveh," and Nina was one of the names of that goddess in both the Sumerian and Assyrian language. As a side note, the word / in Old Babylonian refers to the Anthiinae genus of fish, which adds weight to the theory that the name Nineveh and fish could be linked together. As well as Ninuwa in Mari, Ninawa in Aramaic, Ninwe in Syriac, and Nainav in Persian, it was also known as Ninawa. Nab Ynus is the Arabic word for "Prophet Jonah," so that's what that means. If you read Layard's book, you'll learn that Kuyunjiq was a Turkish name. It was called Armousheeah by the Arabs, and it is thought to have a connection to the Kara-Koyunlu family. These names refer to the areas to the North and South of the Khosr stream, which are named after them: Kuyunjiq is the name for the whole part of the city that is inside the walls and is dominated by the large mound of Tell Kuyunjiq. Nab Yunus is the name for the part of the city that is near the mosque of Prophet Yunus/Jonah, which is on the mound of Tell Nebi Yunus.