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Tarbiṣu (modern
Sherif Khan,
Ninawa Governorate, Iraq) was an
ancient city
about 3
miles north of Nineveh. The
first mention of
location was in a chronicle...
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drastically in 616 BC, when the
Medes attacked the ****yrian empire. The fall of
Tarbiṣu occurred when the
Median army, led by Cyaxares,
attacked and conquered...
- Tell
Arpachiyah (Tepe Reshwa) Tell
Maghzaliyah Shibaniba (Tell Billa)
Tarbisu (Sherif Khan)
Nineveh (Ninua)
Qatara or
Karana (Tell al-Rimah) Tell Hamoukar...
- Cyaxares, king of the Medes, in 616 BC. The
Median forces swiftly conquered Tarbisu and
decisively defeated the ****yrian army at the
Battle of ****ur. Then...
-
Babylonians then
allied with the
Medes and Scythians. The
Median army took
Tarbisu, near Nineveh, and
encamped nearby; they then
attacked the city of ****ur...
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attested in a
number sources. Her cult
centers were
Kutha in
Babylonia and
Tarbiṣu in ****yria. The best
attested spelling of the
theonym Laṣ in cuneiform...
- (Nineveh), and
continued rapidly northward to
capture the
nearby city of
Tarbisu. Afterward, they went back down the
Tigris and laid
siege to the city of...
- city,
after which the
Medes marched north along the
Tigris and
seized Tarbiṣu,
following which they
crossed the
river and
marched down its
right bank...
- The
chronicle then
lists Habaruha, Kutila,
Tarbiṣu, Kudina,
Remaku and Nagabbilhi. Of
these only
Tarbiṣu is known, a town a
short distance from Nineveh...
- Tiglath-Pileser. As
crown prince,
Sennacherib also
owned an
estate at
Tarbisu. The
royal educator, Hunnî,
would have
educated Sennacherib and his siblings...
