Person
Ashurbanipal
Also called: Assurbanipal
King of Assyria (r. 669 – c. 631 BC) who assembled a great library of clay tablets at Nineveh
Where they went
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Armed with iron weapons, chariots and cavalry, Assyria conquered as far as Egypt and united the ancient Near East for the first time, but its harsh rule provoked revolts and it soon collapsed.
Themes this person appears in
- Early Civilizations and Empires3500 BC – 486 BC
From the first civilizations in the great river valleys to the first empires of the Near East, India and China — comparing their writing, law, religion and rule