Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Ninus” in book 1, chapter 193, section 2 of Herodotus, The Histories:
...on, like Egypt, is cut across by canals. The greatest of these is navigable: it runs towards where the sun rises in winter, from the Euphrates to another river, the Tigris, on which stood the city of Ninus . This land is by far the most fertile in grain which we know.
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