The Cruelest King of Assyria | Ashurbanipal | Ancient Mesopotamia Documentary

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11:27 " I took pleasure in reading stones inscribed before the flood" ...Man, we need those tablets! This proves, the ancients had knowledge of humanity going back further than we thought.

I love how so many writings from that region back then included all the things that the king had done for the person who was rebelling/conspiring/etc. "He rebelled against me. ME, the guy who did x, y, z, for him! The audacity!"

Imagine filling rivers with dead bodies and wiping cities off the map and accusing other people of plotting evil

He crushed his enemies, saw them driven before him, heard the lamentations of their women, and recorded it all in stone with pride as a memorial to the eons. His empire lives on in the nightmares of an entire region, and wins the admiration of countless imitators. AND he was a man of art and literature.

It's all fun and games until your brother starts sending secret aid to the kingdom of elam.

Wow. To think that the Assyrians looked to civilizations more ancient than them (before the flood), the way we look at Assyrians and ancient Egyptians.

Damn, ashurbanipal has no chill

The Assyrians were so hated by their vassals and neighbors that they united the entire Middle East against them in the first Grand Coalition in human history.

So Ashurbanipal's library lay abandoned and unmolested from 612 BC to 1849 AD, that's 2460 years! We are indeed indebted to him.

man, this really demonstrates how fatal a civil war can be to any ruling nations. imagine losing it all simply due to fighting of 2 siblings..

Assyrians were the bravest people that's y such a vast empire. Ashurbanipal was such a foresighted intelligent ruler. Only the learned knew the importance of preserving history for the sake posterity . Lovely documentary.

“Everyone who hears the news about you claps his hands at your fall. For who has not felt your endless cruelty?”

The fact that he clearly found a great pleasure in cruelty, makes his scholarly endeavors even more amazing

He really put the “pal” in Ashurbanipal

I love how these videos are made ❤

>cruelest assyrian king "do you have any idea how little that narrows it down!?!"

So great to see another video! Thank you, excellent as always. And the artwork.. It's so vivid...

I love how his face seems to be smirking or shows anger at the same time

That's definitely saying something