WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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. Its capital Nineveh (in modern-day Iraq) was the world’s largest city.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aššur-bāni-apli, meaning “Ashur is the creator of the heir") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 669 BCE to his death in 631.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Assyrian kings began a new period of expansion in the 9th century bce, and from the mid-8th to the late 7th century bce, a series of strong Assyrian kings-among them Tiglath-pileser III, Sargon II, Sennacherib, and Esarhaddon-united most of the Middle East, from Egypt to the Persian Gulf, under Assyrian rule.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ashurbanipal was king of Assyria. He is only mentioned in the Bible in the book of Ezra. It appears that he deported and settled people into the city of Samaria from the Trans-Euphrates.