Ninawa Province - Iraq

Ninawa province in Iraq is where Mosul, Iraq's second largest city and where the University of Mosul is located which by the way is one of the largest educational and research centers in Iraq and the entire Middle East. Ninawa is also host to other famous, popular and ancient Iraqi cities like Ashur, Nimrud, Dur-Sharrukin, Hatra, Sinjar, Tal Afar, Tel Keppe (Tell Kaif), Bardarash, Aqrah, Atrush, Bakhdida, Bartella, Karamlish, Basheqa, Mar Matti Monastery, Sinjar and of course Nineveh, the ancient capital of the Assyrian Empire and few other PROUD Iraqi villages and cities. The Battle of Gaugamela took place in 331 BC between Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia in this Iraqi province in the plains east of Mosul ... Magnificent places you won't believe your eyes and you wouldn’t think 10,000+ ancient and wonderful places still exist in the cradle of civilization once known as Mesopotamia and best known today as Iraq