He is principally remembered Perception_active for his military campaigns Military_operation against Babylon and Judah , and for his building programs – most notably at the Assyrian capital of Nineveh .

His building projects included Cause_to_be_included the beautification of Nineveh , a canal 50 km long to bring Bringing water to the city , and the `` Palace Without Rival '' , which included Cause_to_be_included what may have been the prototype of the legendary Hanging Gardens of Babylon , or even the actual Hanging Gardens .

The Sinjar massacre was the genocidal killing Killing and abduction Kidnapping of thousands of Yazidi men in Sinjar ( `` Şingal '' ) city and Sinjar District in Iraq 's Nineveh Governorate by the Islamic terror group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIS ) in August 2014 .

The operation Military_operation also included Cause_to_be_included targeting Aiming insurgent elements in Salah ad-Din province and Nineveh province .