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Ashurbanipal

r. 669–627 BCE · 7th century BCE

Ashurbanipal was king of the Assyrian Empire from 669 to 627 BCE, the last great Assyrian ruler. He campaigned in Egypt against the Kushite pharaohs, destroyed Susa and crushed Elam, and defeated a revolt by his brother in Babylon. He assembled a great library at Nineveh, but the empire collapsed within a few decades of his death.

Ashurbanipal
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Assyrian EmpireSocioeconomy, Military, Governance, Impact, DeclineChaldean EmpireFoundationElamite ConfederationDeclineKushite EmpireMilitaryDilmunGovernanceKingdom of LydiaFoundationKingdom of UrartuDeclineAkkadianLiterature, SummarySumerianSpeakers

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Neo-Elamite kingdomMannaeaQedaritesHilakkuGambuluKingdom of Anshan

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