It was sacked by the Medes under King Cyaxares in 612 BC. Hope this helps.
First ancient assyria's capital is Assur The most well known Ancient Assyria's capital is Nineveh. The religious capital in the hearts of the Assyrian people was Caleh.
The people of Nineveh are called Ninevites. Historically, Nineveh was the capital of the ancient Assyrian Empire, and its inhabitants played a significant role in the region's history. The term "Ninevite" is often used to refer to the people and their culture during that time.
The people who lived in Nineveh are often referred to as Assyrians, as Nineveh was a prominent city in the ancient Assyrian empire.
The Ninevites were the people who lived in the ancient city of Nineveh, which was the capital of the Assyrian Empire. They were known for their wealth, power, and military might, but also for their cruelty and decadence. The prophet Jonah was sent to preach to the Ninevites, calling for them to repent of their sins.
The assyrians exiled the people they conquered out of their homelands or took them in as slaves.
Jonah was sent to the People of Nineveh.
Culturally and etymologically different from Arabs, Persians, Turks, and Armenians, the Assyrian people originate from the city of Akkad near Mesopotamia in the 24th century B.C. Like Armenians, the Assyrian people suffered through a genocide at the end of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century.
The book of Jonah tells of Jonah's prophetic mission to Nineveh, the capital city of the Assyrian Empire, which at the time was the arch enemy of the Israel. The moral of the story is that God cares about all people, not just the chosen people of Israel, but everyone. This story serves to put limits on the doctrine of chosenness.
The Assyrian Army was constantly fighting. It usually won! In the process of constantly fighting battles, it continually lost good solders. The army wore down. In addition, it did not have an effective way of subjecting its empire. The captured peoples became under Assyrian rule. Some of the richer native people moved away. Strangers moved into the area. Other that that, the people were a conquered people. They owed no allegiance to Assyria. Given the chance, they would join a rebellion. Nebuchadnezzar became the king of Babylon. He attacked and captured a few Assyrian towns. Then he met two armies. He destroyed them. With the Assyrian army destroyed, Nebuchadnezzar captured the rest of the Assyrian Empire. So Assyria fell through misgovernment of its conquered territories and constant warfare.
In 689 B.C. Babylon was destroyed by powerful rulers from a northern Mesopotamian city called Nineveh. About 60 years later the Babylonians were able to rebuild Babylon and make the capital of an even stronger empire. So basically Nineveh made the Babylonian people stronger than before because they expanded and therefore they have more power. In the end Nineveh became a powerful state in Mesopotamia. If your wondering what Mesopotamia has the meaning of "land between the rivers" Tigress and Euphrates river it also had an area called a fertile crescent. which means it is a rich food growing area were most of the land is to dry to farm.
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Jonah served as a prophet to the ten-tribe kingdom of Israel during the reign of Jeroboam II. The scripture that defines why he was sent is Jonah 1:1+2, where it says: "Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me."(KJV)Other scriptures and general history give us further insight. Nineveh was a city in Assyria (founded by Nimrod(Genesis 10:9-12)who rebelled against God . Isaiah 10:12 speaks about: "... the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the pomp of his haughtiness." (NASB) Nineveh's principal deity was Ishtar, the goddess of love and war, and historically, the Assyrians used exceptionally brutal methods of killing captured soldiers in their many wars. Though Nineveh repented for a time at Jonah's warning, it later became the capital of the Assyrian Empire, and was again known for it's wickedness, being called a: "...City of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims! " (Nahum 3:1 NIV). It received further warning from God's prophets, Nahum and Zephaniah, and was finally destroyed.