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So Ashurbanipal was the last great king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ruling from Nineveh. So he made Nineveh the capital. And it was from 668 to 627 B.C. And this dude, Ashurbanipal, was just not a good guy. Not a good king. Very evil. Okay. And they said he actually perfected psychological warfare. And the things he did were just atrocious, like torturing and just terrible things that he did.

So Ashurbanipal was the last great king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ruling from Nineveh. So he made Nineveh the capital. And it was from 668 to 627 B.C. And this dude, Ashurbanipal, was just not a good guy. Not a good king. Very evil. Okay. And they said he actually perfected psychological warfare. And the things he did were just atrocious, like torturing and just terrible things that he did.

So Ashurbanipal was the last great king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ruling from Nineveh. So he made Nineveh the capital. And it was from 668 to 627 B.C. And this dude, Ashurbanipal, was just not a good guy. Not a good king. Very evil. Okay. And they said he actually perfected psychological warfare. And the things he did were just atrocious, like torturing and just terrible things that he did.

And they said that his palace was lined with art of like torture scenes and like stuff like that. So this dude was like whack. Hardcore. But he was obsessed. With understanding everything and knowledge of everything. And so he founded this library in Nineveh, which wasn't discovered until the mid-19th century by a British... Let's see. The city wasn't discovered? No. No, this library.

And they said that his palace was lined with art of like torture scenes and like stuff like that. So this dude was like whack. Hardcore. But he was obsessed. With understanding everything and knowledge of everything. And so he founded this library in Nineveh, which wasn't discovered until the mid-19th century by a British... Let's see. The city wasn't discovered? No. No, this library.

And they said that his palace was lined with art of like torture scenes and like stuff like that. So this dude was like whack. Hardcore. But he was obsessed. With understanding everything and knowledge of everything. And so he founded this library in Nineveh, which wasn't discovered until the mid-19th century by a British... Let's see. The city wasn't discovered? No. No, this library.

The library, got it. Yeah. So Ashurbanipal, king of Neo-Syrian, let's see, where is it? Rediscovered by a British archaeologist, Austin Henry Layard in the mid-19th century. And he found over 30,000 tablets and fragments of tablets. Jeez. Written in Sumerian and Babylonian languages. And that's where we found the Epic of Gilgamesh.

The library, got it. Yeah. So Ashurbanipal, king of Neo-Syrian, let's see, where is it? Rediscovered by a British archaeologist, Austin Henry Layard in the mid-19th century. And he found over 30,000 tablets and fragments of tablets. Jeez. Written in Sumerian and Babylonian languages. And that's where we found the Epic of Gilgamesh.

The library, got it. Yeah. So Ashurbanipal, king of Neo-Syrian, let's see, where is it? Rediscovered by a British archaeologist, Austin Henry Layard in the mid-19th century. And he found over 30,000 tablets and fragments of tablets. Jeez. Written in Sumerian and Babylonian languages. And that's where we found the Epic of Gilgamesh.

Yeah. The library of Nineveh. Yeah. Whoa. And what's fascinating. So this library was huge and they suspect that it held over a hundred thousand of these tablets, these clay tablets. And who knows how many more thousands of different scrolls and stuff. Like where, where's it at then?

Yeah. The library of Nineveh. Yeah. Whoa. And what's fascinating. So this library was huge and they suspect that it held over a hundred thousand of these tablets, these clay tablets. And who knows how many more thousands of different scrolls and stuff. Like where, where's it at then?

Yeah. The library of Nineveh. Yeah. Whoa. And what's fascinating. So this library was huge and they suspect that it held over a hundred thousand of these tablets, these clay tablets. And who knows how many more thousands of different scrolls and stuff. Like where, where's it at then?

In modern day Iraq, where Nineveh... Well, you said that there was 33,000 found, but they say there was... They speculate.

In modern day Iraq, where Nineveh... Well, you said that there was 33,000 found, but they say there was... They speculate.

In modern day Iraq, where Nineveh... Well, you said that there was 33,000 found, but they say there was... They speculate.

Yeah, they've only excavated not the entire place where the library could have been. Wow. But what's fascinating is that this... The stuff that they did find was it rewrote a lot of Middle Eastern history because it talked about old war campaigns, kings that no one has ever heard of.

Yeah, they've only excavated not the entire place where the library could have been. Wow. But what's fascinating is that this... The stuff that they did find was it rewrote a lot of Middle Eastern history because it talked about old war campaigns, kings that no one has ever heard of.

Yeah, they've only excavated not the entire place where the library could have been. Wow. But what's fascinating is that this... The stuff that they did find was it rewrote a lot of Middle Eastern history because it talked about old war campaigns, kings that no one has ever heard of.

And the Epic of Gilgamesh, that's where we got that. But then there's just thousands of these tablets talking about advanced astrology that they said in today's standards is still very advanced. That's amazing.

And the Epic of Gilgamesh, that's where we got that. But then there's just thousands of these tablets talking about advanced astrology that they said in today's standards is still very advanced. That's amazing.