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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient city of Assyria south of present-day Mosul, Iraq.
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But re-establishing order in Nimrud following the insurgency's high-water mark here in 2004 meant allowing Chief Salim to wield the real power in the area.
The Coming Normalcy? 2006
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Mayor Khalif, Mayor Isa, Chief Salim, and others all gathered at a regional security meeting in Nimrud, held at a fifth-century Syrian Catholic monastery.
The Coming Normalcy? 2006
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Mayor Khalif, Mayor Isa, Chief Salim, and others all gathered at a regional security meeting in Nimrud, held at a fifth-century Syrian Catholic monastery.
The Coming Normalcy? 2006
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But re-establishing order in Nimrud following the insurgency's high-water mark here in 2004 meant allowing Chief Salim to wield the real power in the area.
The Coming Normalcy? 2006
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Building on the conference in Nimrud was the first-ever regional targeting meeting,” held the following day at the TOC.
The Coming Normalcy? 2006
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Building on the conference in Nimrud was the first-ever regional targeting meeting,” held the following day at the TOC.
The Coming Normalcy? 2006
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He built many temples and palaces, the most magnificent of which was the south-west palace at Nimrud, which is said to have been in its general design almost the same as
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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Khorsabad explored by M. Place was found to contain a tower in seven stages; that of Nimrud, which is so striking an object from the plain, and which was carefully examined by M.. Layard, presented no positive proof of more than a single stage; but from its conical shape, and from the general analogy of such towers, it is believed to have had several stages.
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Sargon, found by Mr. Layard at Nimrud, which is here figured.
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[Footnote: Usually called the Nimrud inscription, a cause of confusion.
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