Despite all the wars, the massacres and the garden parties there is one thing Ashurbanipal, king of the Universe, king of Assyria, is most well known for. That is his magnificient library - the greatest in the world before the Library of Alexandria. Come with Bernie and Dan and explore the wonders of the great library.

Links for deeper studies:

https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/ashurbanipal-oldest-surviving-royal-library-world-over-30000-clay-tablets-007127

http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/asbp/whatisthelibrary/

http://www.jstor.org.argo.library.okstate.edu/stable/41668620

http://www.jstor.org.argo.library.okstate.edu/stable/4200582.

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