WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Definition. 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-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Royal Library of Ashurbanipal, named after Ashurbanipal, the last great king of the Assyrian Empire, is a collection of more than 30, 000 clay tablets and fragments containing texts of all kinds from the 7th century BC, including texts in various languages.

Detailed explanation-4: -He ruled the largest empire in the world Ashurbanipal was king of the Neo-Assyrian empire. At the time of his reign (669–c. 631 BC) it was the largest empire in the world, stretching from Cyprus in the west to Iran in the east, and at one point it even included Egypt.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ashur-uballit I, (reigned c. 1365–30 bc), king of Assyria during Mesopotamia’s feudal age, who created the first Assyrian empire and initiated the Middle Assyrian period (14th to 12th century bc).