WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -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 Library of Ashurbanipal (7th century BCE) is the oldest known systematically organized library in the world, established in Nineveh by the Neo-Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (r. 668-627 BCE) to preserve the history and culture of Mesopotamia.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Over 30, 000 clay tablets covered in cuneiform writing were found in the ruins of Nineveh (Iraq), the capital of the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal’s (668–631 BC) empire. The Library was excavated between 1851 and 1932 and a selection of tablets from the Library is on permanent display in Room 55.