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Ashurbanipal

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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ASHURBINAPAL

BY JIM, SOPHIA, AND THOMAS
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WHO WAS ASHURBINAPAL?

HE WAS THE LAST STRONG KING OF THE NEO-ASSYRIAN EMPIRE.
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THE LIBRARY OF ASHURBINAPAL

  • Ashurbinapal collected over
  • 20,000 clay tablets from the
  • Fertile Crescent, and put them
  • in the library of the royal
  • palace.
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ANCESTRY

  • Ashurbinapal was the son
  • of Esarhaddon.
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RULING

  • He ruled from 668bc to
  • 627bc.
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WHY A LIBRARY?

  • His tutors Nabuh-shar-user
  • and Nabu-ahi-eriba got him
  • interested
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