Ashurbanipal (r. 668-627 BCE, also known as Assurbanipal) was the last of the great kings of Assyria. His name means "the god Ashur is creator of an heir" and he was the son of King Esarhaddon of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. In the Hebrew Tanakh (the Christian Old Testament) he is called As(e)nappar or Osnapper (Ezra 4:10).
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685 BCEAshurbanipal is born to King Esarhaddon and Queen Ashur-Hamat.
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c. 670 BCE - c. 668 BCEIssuance of the Loyal Treaty of Queen of Assyria Naqia-Zakutu, ensuring the succession of Ashurbanipal as king.
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668 BCE - 627 BCEReign of Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, last king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
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668 BCEAshurbanipal succeeds his father as King of the Assyrian Empire.
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667 BCE - 665 BCEAshurbanipal wages war in Egypt to put down rebellions.
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653 BCE - c. 648 BCEBabylon rebels, Siege of Babylon.
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648 BCEWar between Assyria and the Elamites.
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c. 647 BCE - c. 648 BCEFall of Babylon the Ashurbanipal.
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c. 647 BCE - c. 629 BCEExtensive collection of clay tablets acquired known as Ashurbanipal's Library at Nineveh.
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c. 646 BCEDestruction of the Elamite city of Susa by Ashurbanipal of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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627 BCEDeath of King Ashurbanipal.
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612 BCEFall of the Assyrian Empire, Nineveh is burned.
