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  Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal is remembered as one of the most cultured rulers in the Mesopotamian region: He was literate in both Sumerian and old Akkadian scripts — uncommon for rulers of the epoch — and he supported the establishment of the first systematically organized library in the Middle East.
From monumental presentations of Ashurbanipal, we see him in situations of hunting, archery and horseriding, but this could be propaganda for his qualities and abilities.
After Ashurbanipal the Assyrian kingdom started to fall apart, but this is not considered to be his fault.
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  Asnapper (Osnapper) (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
probably the same as Assur-bani-pal (Ashurbanipal) (Sardanapalos of the Greeks), styled the "great and noble" (Ezra 4:10), was the son and successor (B.C. 668) of Esar-haddon (q.v.)
Assur-bani-pal (Ashurbanipal) was a munificent patron of literature, and the conqueror of Elam.
Towards the middle of his reign, his empire was shaken by a great rebellion headed by his brother in Babylon.
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  ASHURBANIPAL in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE (Bible History Online)
Ashurbanipal is generally believed to be the great and noble Osnappar (Ezr 4:10).
Another reference in the Old Testament, at least to one of the acts of Ashurbanipal, is the prophecy of Nahum, who in predicting the downfall of Nineveh, said, "Art thou (Nineveh) better than No-amon?" This passage is illustrated by the annals of the king, in which he recounts the destruction of the city.
Above all else Ashurbanipal is famous for the library he created, because of which he is perhaps to be considered the greatest known patron of literature in the pre-Christian centuries.
www.bible-history.com /isbe/A/ASHURBANIPAL   (855 words)

  
  Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal, Assurbanipal or Sardanapal, in Akkadian Aššur-bāni-apli, (reigned 669 - 627 BCE), the son of Esarhaddon and Naqi'a-Zakutu, was the last great king of ancient Assyria.
Ashurbanipal created "the first systematically collected library" at Nineveh, where he gathered all cuneiform literature available by that time.
Ashurbanipal is one of the most popular Assyrian kings, as his name is often used for boys within the Assyrian communities.
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Ashurbanipal, whose name (Ashur-bani-apli) means, 'the god Ashur is the creator of the heir', came to the Assyrian throne in 668 BC.
In 652 BC Shamash-shum-ukin, Ashurbanipal's brother, and ruler of Babylonia, revolted against Assyria with the support of the Elamites.
Ashurbanipal boasted of his ability to read the cuneiform script, and was responsible for the collection and copying of a major library of contemporary literary and religious texts.
www.british-museum.ac.uk /compass/ixbin/print?ENC423   (314 words)

  
 Ashurbanipal: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
The Dying Lioness: Palace of Ashurbanipal British Museum 514...and to the official scribes of King Ashurbanipal of Assyria seventh...Adad-nirari II 9II- 890 B.C. to that of Ashurbanipal 6 69)- 625 B.C., some of which...
On the inner rim is...wall reliefs from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh, conveniently published...correspond to a later phase in the reign of Ashurbanipal, and that the inclusion of Elamite...
Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie 70: 227-45...704-669 B.C.); 668-635 B.C.: The Reign of Ashurbanipal.
www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/ashurbanipal.jsp?l=A&p=7   (988 words)

  
 plymouthbrethren.org: Nahum, Nineveh And Those Nasty Assyrians
Ashurbanipal claims that he “made those kings with their forces (and) their ships accompany me by sea and by land” (Rainey 1993:157).
Yadin cautiously states, “The crowning achievement of Ashurbanipal’s expeditionary force to Egypt was the capture and destruction of Thebes ‘of the hundred gates’ (the Egyptian capital during the XXVth Dynasty) in the year 663 BC.
Ashurbanipal attributes his victory to “the Assyrian pantheon, and in particular, the deities Ashur and Ishtar of Arbela.
www.plymouthbrethren.org /page.php?page_id=4074   (4964 words)

  
 How Art Made the World . Episodes . Once Upon a Time . First Stories in Stone | PBS
In about 645 BC, King Ashurbanipal of Assyria sought to promote himself by capitalizing on the hero's power and glamour.
His sculptors created a series of freeze frames in stone depicting Ashurbanipal as the slayer of lions, and placed them around his throne room.
Ashurbanipal then went on to create what is probably the world's first complete visual story, an epic blockbuster with a cast of thousands.
www.pbs.org /howartmadetheworld/episodes/once/first   (243 words)

  
 Assyria, Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal was satisfied to drive the invaders back into their own land,
Assyrians from Babylonia, and to raise an army of mercenaries to defend and
Ashurbanipal had conquered, but the problem of Babylon remained.
history-world.org /ashurbanipal.htm   (4026 words)

  
 InfoHub - Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal became king of Assyria in 669 B.C. His father Esarhaddon had died while leading an army to Egypt.
Ashurbanipal won the last great battle in 639 B.C. His army thoroughly ravaged Elam, including the capital city of Susa.
Ashurbanipal had so completely ravaged Elam that there was hardly anything left of it to exploit economically.
www.infohub.com /forums/printthread.php?t=5621   (406 words)

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