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Ashurbanipal: The Mighty Lion of Assyria

Uploaded 20-09-21

20 Sep 2021

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Source/Further reading:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Esarhaddon

https://www.worldhistory.org/Neo-Assyrian_Empire/

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/who-was-ashurbanipal/

https://www.livius.org/articles/person/taharqo/

https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/ancient_records_assyria2.pdf

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/lists/biggest-city-through-history/nineveh/

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/iraq/article/abs/fifthcampaign-reliefs-in-sennacheribs-palace-without-rival-at-nineveh1/50E052D8CD2CE46BF7F5C626A1B4ED56

https://www.thoughtco.com/library-of-ashurbanipal-171549

https://www.livestories.com/blog/the-future-of-open-data-in-the-story-of-an-ancient-library

https://www.worldhistory.org/elam/

https://www.historynet.com/fall-elam-645-b-c.htm

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