🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Jerwan Aqueduct of Sennacherib
Neo-Assyrian (Sargonid) · Assyrian Imperial (Nineveh hydraulic corps)
Neo-Assyrian 280-m aqueduct bridge 705 BCE carrying Khosr Canal to Nineveh, largest pre-Roman.
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🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Neo-Assyrian (Sargonid) · Assyrian Imperial (Nineveh hydraulic corps)
Neo-Assyrian 280-m aqueduct bridge 705 BCE carrying Khosr Canal to Nineveh, largest pre-Roman.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Iron Age Neo-Assyrian Empire (705–681 BCE Sennacherib) · Neo-Assyrian imperial engineers under Sennacherib
690 BCE Assyrian 300-m stone arch aqueduct—world's oldest bridge-aqueduct carrying Nineveh's 80-km canal.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Nineveh Buried Sennacherib Aqueduct Jerwan Segment in Nineveh, Jerwan, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Tepe Gawra Buried White Room North Terrace in Nineveh, Tepe Gawra, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Hatra Temple of Shamash Inner Shrine in Nineveh, Hatra, Iraq is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Nimrud Buried Northwest Palace Throne Room Bas-Relief Base in Nineveh, Nimrud, Iraq is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Hassuna Buried Level I Pit House 3 in Nineveh, Hassuna, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Hatra Buried Allat Temple Fornix 7 in Nineveh, Hatra, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Khorsabad Buried Sargon Palace Court VIII in Nineveh, Khorsabad, Iraq is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Nineveh Kuyunjik Palace Relief Panel 12 in Nineveh, Kuyunjik, Iraq is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Nimrud Fort Shalmaneser Magazine 45 in Nineveh, Nimrud, Iraq is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Nineveh — Ishtar Temple North Ancillary (Kuyunjik) in Nineveh, Nineveh, Kuyunjik, Iraq is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attrib…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
EBA-MBA-LBA (c.3500-1200 BCE) · Euphrates EBA to Old Babylonian/Mitannian
Tell al-Rimah (Qattara/Karana) — buried eba-mba-lba tell/village at Nineveh Governorate.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Nimrud — Nabu Temple North Ancillary Shrine (Kalhu) in Nineveh, Nimrud, Iraq is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Mu…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Hatra — Great Temple North Iwan (Nineveh) in Nineveh, Hatra, Iraq is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Multi-period …
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Neolithic to Abbasid (6000 BCE–present; Assyrian capital 705–612 BCE) · Assyrian / Babylonian / Persian / Hellenistic / Parthian
Great Assyrian capital under Sennacherib (705–681 BCE) extended by Ashurbanipal (668–630 BCE), Nineveh at fall (612 BCE) was world's largest city (~15 km walls, 100,000 inhabitants).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Neo-Assyrian 690 BCE · Neo-Assyrian Sennacherib
Mountain head reliefs and 17-spring capture merging to 55 km Nineveh canal.
