Nineveh

(noun.) an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq.

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• From the days of Cyrus onward Zoroastrianism had prevailed over the ancient gods of Nineveh and Babylon. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The Babylonian influences that had made Sardanapalus collect a great library of ancient writings in Nineveh were still at work. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Near the ruins of forgotten Nineveh he found a great Persian army, that had been gathering since the battle of Issus, awaiting him. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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