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Nineveh
The partially reconstructed Nergal Gate in Nineveh, Iraq.
In the 7th century BCE, the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal constructed a new palace at the northwest end of the Acropolis in Nineveh.1
In addition to this architectural project, Ashurbanipal is famously known for establishing a great library at the site, where he ordered his scribes to collect and copy ancient texts from across the country. This collection, which included more than 20,000 tablets or fragments, preserved a vast amount of Mesopotamian knowledge, including works on religion, literature, mathematics, and science.1