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Nineveh
The partially reconstructed Nergal Gate in Nineveh, Iraq.
The aqueduct at Jerwan was part of an elaborate water management system commissioned by the Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib around 700 BCE. Its primary purpose was to transport water from the hills to the city of Nineveh as part of a network of 18 canals designed to supply the capital.1