Ancient Nineveh, 1800–612 BCE
A map of the location of the ancient Assyrian capital of Nineveh in what is now Iraq. The ruins of Nineveh are near modern Mosul, Iraq, on the eastern side of the Tigris River. Also shown are the sites of Khorsabad (Dur–Sharrukin), the Assyrian...

Ruins of Nineveh, 1800–612 BCE
A map showing the ruins of the ancient Assyrian capital of Nineveh near Mosul, Iraq. The map shows the location of the mound ruins of Kuyunjik and Nebi Yunus, the remnants of the city walls and gateway, and the course of the Khausar (Khors) river th...

Topography of Nineveh and Vicinity, 1881
"Nineveh, or Ninus, a very ancient and famous city, the cap. of the great Assyrian Empire, said in Scripture to have been founded by Ninus or Nimrod. It was situated on the E. bank of the Tigris, opposite to the present Mosul. According to the...

Assyria and Adjacent Countries, 200 BC
A map showing Assyria and the adjacent countries of Syria and Media. Principal cities are shown, including Ninever, Babylon, Resen, Accad, and Calnch....

Battle of Arbela, 331 BC
Map shows Battle of Arbela, or Battle of Gaugamela, between Alexander the Great and the Persian Darius III....

Babylon in the Chaldean Age, 600 BC
A city plan of Babylon in the Chaldean Age or Neo-Babylonian Empire, at the time of Nebuchadnezzar II (605–562 BC). The plan shows the city walls, canals, roads, the Euphrates River, the Palace of Nebuchadnezzar, and the Ishtar Gate....

Plan of the Palace at Khorsabad, 722–705 BC
This is a diagram of the Palace of Khorsabad, 10 miles north–east of Nineveh, near Mosul, Iraq. This is an Assyrian palace, built by Sargon 722–705 BC. It "was situated on the banks of the Khanser, a tributary of the Tigris."...

Babylonia Before the Semitic (Chaldaean) Conquest, about 4000 BC
A map of Babylonia, in current Iraq, before the Semitic (Chaldaean) Conquest, about 4000 B.C. This map shows the early territories of Makan and Melucha between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, with the Makan capital Ur inhabited by the Sumer tribe an...