The Biography of Ashurbanipal - King of Assyria - Part 1 of 2

Ashurbanipal is chiefly remembered today for his cultural efforts. A patron of artwork and literature, he was deeply interested in the ancient literary culture of Mesopotamia.
One of his most remarkable accomplishments was the founding of the great palace library in Nineveh .
The king himself supervised its construction. Important works were kept in more than one copy, some intended for the king’s personal use.
The work of arranging and cataloging drew upon the experience of centuries in the management of collections in huge temple archives such as the one in Ashur.
Over the course of his long reign, Ashurbanipal utilized the massive resources at his disposal to construct the Library of Ashurbanipal, a collection of texts and documents of various different genres.
It is thought to have been comprised of over 100,000 texts at its height, and was not surpassed until the construction of the Library of Alexandria, several centuries later.

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Wonderful presentation on the Assyrian monarchy. Not much is known about the kingdom itself besides what their rulers said about it. Great job!

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