WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The city of Nineveh was transformed by Ashurbanipal’s grandfather, Sennacherib, into a large city whose size and splendour astonished the ancient world. Ashurbanipal ruled for most of his reign from the ‘Palace Without Rival’, which was built ‘to be an object of wonder for all the people’.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Neo-Assyrian Empire, the last phase of Assyrian rule in the region, is the most famous of Assyrian kingdoms and Nineveh reached its height under the reign of its kings. The city grew dramatically in size, grandeur and fame under the reign of King Sennacherib who made Nineveh his capital.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ‘Library of Ashurbanipal’ is the name given to a collection of over 30, 000 clay tablets and fragments inscribed with cuneiform – a type of writing used in Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq). Texts were written by pressing a reed pen into soft clay.

Detailed explanation-4: -He established his famous library of over 30, 000 clay tablets at Nineveh. Among the works found in the Library of Ashurbanipal were the Enuma Elish (the Babylonian Epic of Creation) and the great epic tale of Gilgamesh, the oldest adventure story extant.