What is Nineveh?

Nineveh is mentioned several times throughout the book. It appears to be a neighboring city where Babylonians often went in exile or to seek fortune by establishing trade. Nineveh does not factor largely into the story but because it is mentioned in several of the tales it seemed note worthy. Nineveh is of course the city that Jonah in the Bible was sent to by God to warn the people about their bad behavior. Jonah was not anxious to journey to Nineveh because the townspeople were so wicked but at the time of events in this book Nineveh appears to be a well-educated and prosperous city.