>Ashurbanipal portrayed himself as powerful in both body and mind. Typically portraying himself as carrying both weapons and a stylus, Ashurbanipal's inscriptions make him out to be unlike the kings before him, exceptionally well-versed in literature, writing, mathematics and scholarship.[30] Deeply interested in the ancient literary culture of Mesopotamia, Ashurbanipal read complex texts in both Akkadian and Sumerian already in his youth.[63] After he became king, Ashurbanipal, using the massive resources now at his disposal, created the world's first "universal" library in Nineveh.[63] The resulting Library of Ashurbanipal is regarded to have been the by far most extensive library in ancient Assyria[108] and the first systematically organized library in the world.[104] In total it encompassed perhaps more than 100,000 texts and it was not surpassed in size until the creation of the Library of Alexandria, centuries later. Around 30,000 of the documents in the library survived the destruction of Nineveh in 612 and have been excavated among the city's ruins.[109]
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>modern historiography portrays the Assyrians as ravening barbarian lunatics who did nothing but kill
>Ashurbanipal's obsession with intellectual pursuits is literally the only reason we know so much about ancient Mesopotamia
alright shlomo
Sounds like Ahurbanipal was the exception who proved the rule.
a chad ahead of his time
post the copypasta
>MY WAR CHARIOT, WHICH BRINGS LOW THE WICKED AND EVIL
From the guy who tortures and murders for fun.
oh look, another thread of christcuck incels worshipping extinct civilizations
Rent free.
/fitlit/ chad
>Ashurbanipal used war loot as a means of stocking his library. Because he was known for being cruel to his enemies, Ashurbanipal was able to use threats to gain materials from Babylonia and surrounding areas.[10]
Based
>In his inscriptions, he boasted of his own intelligence and the library's construction:
>I, Ashurbanipal, king of the universe, on whom the gods have bestowed intelligence, who has acquired penetrating acumen for the most recondite details of scholarly erudition (none of my predecessors having any comprehension of such matters), I have placed these tablets for the future in the library at Nineveh for my life and for the well-being of my soul, to sustain the foundations of my royal name.[111]
>pic
achievable natty?
Yes, with a daily routine of lifting tablets and killing lions.
Smart, handsome and humble. Where do I find a man like that?
Northern Irak
>well versed in mathematics
b***h you can't even do middle school algebra
at what stage is pythagorean theorem taught?
the pythagorean theorem being reduced down to algebra is actually an anachronism; the original form of the proof is a series of steps of sacred geometry to be drawn in the dirt. Not even Pythagoras himself could have done middle school geometry.