ancient-mesopotamia:Ashurbanipal, also spelled Assurbanipal, or Asurbanipal (flourished 7th century
ancient-mesopotamia:Ashurbanipal, also spelled Assurbanipal, or Asurbanipal (flourished 7th century bc), last of the great kings of Assyria (reigned 668 to 627 bc), who assembled in Nineveh the first systematically organized library in the ancient Middle East. -- source link