Before its 1849 discovery by Austin Layard, it was considered a Biblical myth. It displaced Calah as a capital, but it was destroyed by a coalition of Babylonians, Medes, and Scythians in 612 BCE. Its sites included the grand
Before its 1849 discovery by Austin Layard, it was considered a Biblical myth. It displaced Calah as a capital, but it was destroyed by a coalition of Babylonians, Medes, and Scythians in 612 BCE. Its sites included the grand palace of Sennacherib and the twenty thousand cuneiform tablets found in the library of Ashurbanipal. For 10 points—name this city on the Tigris which served as the capital of the Assyrian Empire.
Before its 1849 discovery by Austin Layard, it was considered a Biblical myth.