WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The Library of Ashurbanipal The world’s oldest known library was founded sometime in the 7th century B.C. for the “royal contemplation” of the Assyrian ruler Ashurbanipal. Located in Nineveh in modern day Iraq, the site included a trove of some 30, 000 cuneiform tablets organized according to subject matter.

Detailed explanation-2: -The oldest known library was assembled by Ashurbanipal, King of the Assyrians, between 668 and 631 BCE. It was located in his royal palace in Nineveh (in present-day northern Iraq, near Mosul), and included some 30, 000 clay tablets, inscribed with cuneiform writing.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ashurbanipal’s Great Library is the oldest surviving royal library in the world. The library consisted of a collection of tablets made of clay, covered in fine writing and pressed together on both sides. Up to 22, 000 tablets were collected, found under the rubble of the royal palace at Nineveh.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nineveh was the flourishing capital of the Assyrian Empire and was the home of King Sennacherib, King of Assyria, during the Biblical reign of King Hezekiah () and the lifetime of Judean prophet Isaiah ().