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Built by Ashur-nasir-pal II during the ninth century B.C., the palace has been extensively excavated by a succession of British, Iraqi, and Polish teams since the 1840s.
Why do Virtual Heritage? - The Northwest Palace at Nimrud 2008
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Further conquests were carried out by Adad-nirari II (911890), Tukulti-Ninurta II (890884), and Ashur-nasir-apli II (883859), by which time the Assyrians again ruled from the Tigris to the Mediterranean, and from Lake Van to the borders of Babylonia.
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Ashur-nasir-apli was the chief architect of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, developing its centralized bureaucracy and building Kalah (Nimrud) as a capital.
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Under Nabonassar (Nabu-nasir, 747734) an important calendar reform was instituted in which the monthly lunar cycle was reconciled with the solar year, a standard system still used in the Jewish calendar.
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Y. le Gac, Les inscriptions d'Assur-nasir-apal III, 1907.
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The problem of the sources for the reign of Ashur nasir apal may be approached from a somewhat different angle than we took for those of
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Assur-nasir-pal I. (885-860 B.C.), and restored and reoccupied by Sargon
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Finally, we have the campaign of 867, the last fixed date in the reign of Ashur nasir apal, and the reason for compiling the latest edition of the
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After that it seems to have fallen into decay or been destroyed, but was restored by Assur-nasir-pal, about 880 B.C., and from that time to the overthrow of the Assyrian power it remained a residence city of the Assyrian kings.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Assur-nasir-pal in war and peace, and the large collection of bronze vessels and implements, numbering over 200 pieces; (_b_) the Central palace, in the interior of the mound, toward its southern end, erected by
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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