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Historian Mario Liverani, in his 2013 book The Ancient Near East, estimates that the citys population under Sennacherib was around 100,000.Assyrian royal inscriptions often stress the violent side of empire, such as when Ashurbanipal reports that he chained a rebel at the citadel of Nineveh together with a bear and a dog thankfully providing no further details.
Jamil al-Juburi, 53, has never left his village in northern Iraq, where his family has worked the land for generations -- but a dam will soon swallow his home, forcing them out.
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AL-MESSAHAG, IRAQ (AFP) – Jamil al-Juburi, 53, has never left his village in northern Iraq, where his family has worked the land for generations – but a dam will soon swallow his home, forcing them out. Tens of thousands of Iraqis are threatened by the Makhoul dam, which the government hopes will be operational on […]
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