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DISPATCH #056
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Nineveh 612 BC: The Fall of the First Superpower

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In 612 BC, Nineveh, the mighty capital of the Assyrian Empire, fell after a brutal siege by its enemies. Once feared as the world’s first true superpower, Assyria was erased so completely that its great city vanished into legend.

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