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- DictionaryA·shur·ba·ni·pal/ˌäSHo͝orˈbänēˌpäl/
- 1. king of Assyria c. 668–627 bc, grandson of Sennacherib. A patron of the arts, he established a library of more than 20,000 clay tablets at Nineveh.
2 days ago · Ashurbanipal (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒀸𒋩𒆕𒀀, romanized: Aššur-bāni-apli, meaning "Ashur is the creator of the heir") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 669 BC to his death in 631. He is generally remembered as the last great king of Assyria.
Jun 19, 2024 · Ashurbanipal chose to not annex and integrate Elam into the Neo-Assyrian Empire, instead leaving it open and undefended. In the following decades, the Persians would migrate into the region and rebuild the ruined Elamite strongholds for their own use.
Jun 2, 2024 · The Library of Ashurbanipal, located in the ancient city of Nineveh (present-day Iraq), is widely recognized as the oldest known library in the world. It dates back to the 7th century BC and was established by Ashurbanipal, the last great king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
Jun 19, 2024 · Though Assyria had more than a hundred kings throughout its long history, Sennacherib (along with his son Esarhaddon and grandsons Ashurbanipal and Shamash-shum-ukin) is one of the few kings who was remembered and figured in Aramaic and Syriac folklore long after the kingdom had fallen.
2 days ago · Assyria, kingdom of northern Mesopotamia that became the centre of one of the great empires of the ancient Middle East. It was located in what is now northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey. A brief treatment of Assyria follows. For full treatment, see Mesopotamia, history of: The Rise of Assyria.
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Jun 11, 2024 · article. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT. 11 June 2024. Ancient graves reveal taxes’ sharp bite nearly 3,000 years ago. Buried items show that the poor got poorer as the Assyrian empire and its bureaucracy...
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Jun 20, 2024 · They soon unearthed sprawling buildings, massive statues, and more than 30,000 inscribed cuneiform tablets collected by Sennacherib's grandson Ashurbanipal (reigned 668--631 B.C.), who established one of the ancient world's greatest libraries (see "Royal Bibliophile.").
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