Mesopotamia ashurbanipal biography
Mesopotamia ashurbanipal biography
Mesopotamia ashurbanipal biography summary...
| Ashurbanipal | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ashurbanipal | ||
| Ashurbanipal at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco | ||
| Reign | 669 – ca.
631 B.C.E. | |
| Predecessor | Esarhaddon | |
| Successor | Ashur-etil-ilani | |
Ashurbanipal (Akkadian: Aššur-bāni-apli; 685 B.C.E. – 627 B.C.E.), was the last great king of ancient Assyria.
During his rule, Assyrian splendor was visible in its culture and art as well as its military power.
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Ashurbanipal created the first known systematically collected library at Nineveh. He attempted to gather all the cuneiform literature and other documents available at that time. The Library of Nineveh's rediscovery in the spring of 1850 by workmen of Sir A.H.
Layard provided scholars with a vast wealth of valuable documents. Assyrian sculpture as an art form reached its zenith under his rule.
The son of Esarhaddon and grandson of Sennacherib, Ashurbanipal was originally trained as a scribe.
When Esarhaddon's intended heir died, Ashurbanipal was nominated to in