WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The tablets were discovered in the ruins of the city of Nineveh (now northern Iraq), once capital of the mighty Assyrian empire, ruled by Ashurbanipal from 669–c. 631 BC.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ashurbanipal, also spelled Assurbanipal, orAsurbanipal, (flourished 7th century bc), last of the great kings of Assyria (reigned 668 to 627 bc), who assembled in Nineveh the first systematically organized library in the ancient Middle East.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -In an effort to collect all knowledge, Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria from 668 to 627 BCE, collected a library at his capital city Nineveh, containing, it has been estimated, 20, 000–30, 000 clay tablets written in cuneiform script.