Around 700 BC, the Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II began ... His son quickly set up his own capital in the city of Nineveh, and for the next 2,500 years, Sargon II's building project was largely ...

At the end of the 8th century BC the Assyrian King Sennacherib chose Nineveh as his capital and built what he called the 'Palace without Rival', decorating it with finely carved reliefs.