Assertion: empire's city | /r/HasProperty | abandoned until the 19th century ce
Facets:
value: largely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Although some buildings were still inhabited by nomads periodically, the city was largely abandoned until the 19th century CE when European and American museums and cultural institutions sent teams to the regions of ancient Mesopotamia and Persia in an effort to corroborate biblical narratives through archaeological evidence.