Ashurbanipal

Ashurbanipal (685 BC – 627 BC), the son of Esarhaddon, was the last great king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. He established (started) the first organized library in the ancient Middle East, the Library of Ashurbanipal, which survives in part today at Nineveh.

In the Bible he is called Asenappar.See Ezra Ch4, verse 10. Roman historian Justinus identified him as Sardanapalus, and describes him as effeminate.

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Category:Mesopotamian people
Category:685 BC births
Category:627 BC deaths