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Detailed explanation-1: -Nineveh was on the east bank of the Tigris in ancient Assyria, across the river from the modern city of Mosul, Iraq. Settlement at Nineveh first occurred by about 6000 BC, and by 2000 BC the city was a center of worship of the fertility goddess Ishtar.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nineveh was the capital of the powerful ancient Assyrian empire, located in modern-day northern Iraq.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ashur, also spelled Assur, modern Qalʿat Sharqāṭ, ancient religious capital of Assyria, located on the west bank of the Tigris River in northern Iraq. The first scientific excavations there were conducted by a German expedition (1903–13) led by Walter Andrae.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nineveh (Akkadian: Ninua; Aramaic: ; Hebrew: , Nīnewē; Arabic: , Naīnuwa), was the capital of the ancient Neo-Assyrian Empire. It lay on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, across the river from the modern-day major city of Mosul, Iraq.