The history of Mosul

The city of Mosul has a history dating back to several centuries BC. Where historical sources indicate that in the year 1080 BC. The Assyrians took the city of Nineveh as their capital (which is the effects of Nineveh located on the left side of the city of Mosul now), and the Assyrians have fortified Nineveh with the walls and castles that we see its effects today in Bab Shams, Tel Qenjak, the gate of Al -Musakee, and the gate of Narkal and Tal Al -Tawbah (the Prophet Yunus), which is connected by the wall of the Nineveh flew in Most of its parts. The Assyrians also built a number of castles to defend themselves, including the castle above the hill called "Tal Qaliat" on the beach of the Tigris opposite the city of Nineveh, which was called Al -Abouri. In the year 612 BC, the Media and Chaldeans seized Nineveh after a fierce battle and destroyed it, as they destroyed the Al -Abouri.