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Ashurbanipal

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

COME ASH ME

TRUE STATMENTS ABOUT HIM

  • He is a king over the assyrian empire
  • He collected more than 20 thousand tablets from the fertile crescent such as epic of gilgamesh
  • he built a palace and library at Nineeveh
  • Only king who learned how to read and write
  • His name was also spelled Assurbanipal

MORE TRUE STATEMENTS

  • Born in the 7th century BCE, died 627 BCE
  • He allowed his brother to maintain control of Babylonia.
  • He entered into secret alliances with some of the strongest people in the Syrian Empire.
  • He was an an able administrator over the Delta areas.
  • His empire was from the Persian Gulf to Cilicia, and Syria.

EVEN MORE FACTS

  • would lead his army to take over and then stay there
  • his army would kill the behead the put the heads on post son no one would attack them
  • His empire was nearly