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Assurbanipal

[ah-soor-bah-nee-pahl]

Assurbanipal

/ ˌæsʊəˈbɑːnɪˌpæl /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Ashurbanipal

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A lucid sketch, at once popular and learned, of daily life in Egypt at the time of Rameses II, and of Assyria in that of Assurbanipal....

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Assurbanipal and Shalmanesar II., kings of Assyria, had attacked and subjugated the districts on the Euphrates, and established fortresses there.

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It was not till the subjection of Babylonia was complete that the Assyrian king Assurbanipal succeeded in reducing Elam, and in taking and destroying Susa, the ancient metropolis of the country.

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Assurbanipal thus commences his annals "The great warrior, the delight of Assur and Ishtar, the royal offspring am I."

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Then Elam had withstood the Assyrians for a long time with very great stubbornness, until at length after brave struggles it succumbed to the arms of Assurbanipal.

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