Herodotus, Histories, ed. A.D. Godley, 1.178.1

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When Cyrus had made all the mainland submit to him, he attacked the Assyrians. In Assyria there are many other great cities, but the most famous and the strongest was Babylon [44.4,32.55] (deserted settlement), Babil, Iraq, Asia Babylon , where the royal dwelling had been established after the destruction of Nineveh (deserted settlement), Ninawa, Iraq, Asia Ninus .¹ Babylon [44.4,32.55] (deserted settlement), Babil, Iraq, Asia Babylon was a city such as I will now describe.

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[1] Κῦρος ἐπείτε τὰ πάντα τῆς ἠπείρου ὑποχείρια ἐποιήσατο, Ἀσσυρίοισι ἐπετίθετο. τῆς δὲ Ἀσσυρίης ἐστὶ μὲν κου καὶ ἄλλα πολίσματα μεγάλα πολλά, τὸ δὲ ὀνομαστότατον καὶ ἰσχυρότατον καὶ ἔνθα σφι Νίνου ἀναστάτου γενομένης τὰ βασιλήια κατεστήκεε, ἦν Βαβυλών, ἐοῦσα τοιαύτη δή τις πόλις.

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1. 606 B.C. Nineveh (deserted settlement), Ninawa, Iraq, Asia Ninus = Nineveh (deserted settlement), Ninawa, Iraq, Asia Nineveh .

Herodotus Histories 1.178.1

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