Kalhu becomes the capital of Assyria
Ashurnasirpal II opens his capital with a feast for 69,574
Ashurnasirpal II moved the Assyrian capital to Kalhu and built a palace there with winged lamassu bulls and reliefs of his campaigns. According to the Banquet Stele, 69,574 guests attended the celebrations for the new capital in 879 BC. The ruins of Nimrud were badly damaged by Islamic State in 2015.