Arson at the Al-Mishraq sulfur plant in this city resulted in the largest-ever recorded release of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere.
Arson at the Al-Mishraq sulfur plant in this city resulted in the largest-ever recorded release of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere. A school of painting named for this city is exemplified by a frontispiece for Galen's Book of Antidotes now in the National Library in Paris. The British Museum houses a brass ewer by Shuja ibn Mana from its 13th century school of metalworking. The beauty of the fabric produced in this city provides the etymology for the word muslin. This city's Great Mosque was constructed in 1172 by the founder of the Zengid Dynasty. It lies across the Tigris from the ancient city of Nineveh. In 2003, Uday and Qusay Hussein were killed in a skirmish in this city. ISIS has expelled most of its Christians. For 10 points, name this city in northern Iraq, the country's third most populous.
Arson at the Al-Mishraq sulfur plant in this city resulted in the largest-ever recorded release of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere.
Mosul [or Al-Mawsil]