Ashurbanipal - Lion Hunter, Librarian, Kingslayer

A documentary about the Assyrian king, Ashurbanipal.
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- All quotes are spoken in Assyrian. A language that evolved from Aramaic and Akkadian - the official languages spoken in the Neo-Assyrian empire during the reign of Ashurbanipal.
- Some quotes have been edited for clarity by omitting lacunas and/or other parts that obscure the message.
- Ashurbanipal’s age is based on a birth date in 685 BC as suggested by Irving Finkel in his book The Cyrus Cylinder: The Great Persian Edict from Babylon.
Sources ►
- Brereton, G. (2019). I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria. American Library Association choice.
- British Museum Events (2021). The Great Library of Nineveh with Irving Finkel [video]. kzbin.infoLs9JkxFE...
- Finkel, I. (2013). The Cyrus Cylinder: The Great Persian Edict from Babylon. Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Melville, C, S. (1999). The role of Naqia/Zakutu in Sargonid politics. The Neo-Assyrian text corpus project. Helsinki.
- Novotny, J.; Singletary, J. Family Ties. Assurbanipal’s Family Revisited. In: Luukko, M.; Svärd, S.; Mattila, R. (eds.) : Of God(s), Trees, Kings, and Scholars: Neo-Assyrian and Related Studies in Honour of Simo Parpola. (2009). Studia Orientalia, Vol. 106. Helsinki.
- The British Museum (2019). Assyria vs Elam: The battle of Til Tuba [video]. • Assyria vs Elam: The b...
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00:00 - 00:28 Intro
00:27 - 03:42 Early Childhood
03:43 - 05:48 Daily life in Nineveh
05:49 - 07:05 Education as a priest
07:06 - 08:57 Second family tragedy
08:58 - 10:16 Appointment as crown prince
10:17 - 11:18 Education as crown prince
11:19 - 13:29 The plot of Sasi
13:30 - 15:44 Ashurbanipal marries Libbali-sharrat
15:45 - 19:19 Ascension to the throne
19:20 - 21:55 First wars - Egypt
21:56 - 28:23 The library of Nineveh
28:24 - 30:55 Organizing the empire
30:56 - 32:22 War against Elam
32:23 - 33:17 Egypt regains independence
33:18 - 37:45 The battle of Til-tuba
37:46 - 47:30 War against Shamash-shum-ukin
47:31 - 51:05 Lion hunt
51:06 - 54:05 Annihilation of Susa
54:06 - 57:05 Final years
57:06 - 59:15 Outro

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[@bradm.3775]

I Am interested!!

[@saadcooper5885]

You guys did a good and perfect job 🎉❤

[@Amadeu.Macedo]

Ashurbanipal, his grandfather Sennacherib, and his great-grandfather Sargon II represent the most significant Assyrian monarchs. Yet, Ashurbanipal's diligence vis-a-vis the construction of his great library cannot be underestimated, for its cuneiform clay tablets enabled modern scholars to uncover a myriad of historical mysteries, particularly the discovery of archaic Sumer.

[@kaarlimakela3413]

So says Irving Finkel and so say all of us!

[@ninveh1]

Raised up in the House of Sargonids Nimroids Assyrians Love my Ancestors

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Algorythm of KZbin PLEASE promote this great content more!! What a great video!

[@tableofgods]

Haha, thank you for your prayers :)

[@albertasci2580]

As an Assyrian today, seeing such a fine documentary about Ashurbanipal makes you proud.

[@SwAF095IQ]

Ashurbanipal Peace be upon him 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@moshyroth]

Love the assyrian language quotes. Sounds quite a bit like Hebrew

[@tableofgods]

Yes, both are Semitic languages :)

[@Rosemont765]

You are a national treasure . Thank you !

[@tableofgods]

Thank you 🙏

[@RED-cy7ig]

I enjoy the way you brought Ashubanipal to life.

[@gnyaga]

This work is a cut above the rest...excellent graphics..spot on..and the voices from the past (dialect of Asshur) are the icing on the cake..

[@tableofgods]

Thank you :)

[@vafflexorza3208]

It's not Assyrian dialect, it's Syriac dialect. This dialect is spoken in the province of Aram. In the city of Asur and Ninova, another dialect of the Aramaic language was spoken.

[@GeorgeAshuraya]

@@vafflexorza3208 it’s the western Assyrian language. Stop confusing people with labels that don’t make sense anymore. Look up Dr. Efrim Yildiz. Look up Dr. Sargon Donabed Look up Dr. Geoffrey Khan Look up Dr. Zack Cherry Look up Dr. Edward Odisho

[@gl4505]

This is the West Surayt dialect (mixture of Akkadian and Aramaic).

[@l.-..__l]

Thank you for this documentary, thank you for sharing our history with the rest of the world, thank you for honoring our ancestors.

[@vafflexorza3208]

A Scandinavian learns your history, doesn't you find it a bit embarrassing. 😅

[@animaerapstarark76]

Khaya ashur gabara ✌️

[@Threefour_opennanoor]

@@vafflexorza3208why would we be embarrassed about that? Do you think our culture and history is a secret? Lmao

[@Threefour_opennanoor]

@@vafflexorza3208you think we don’t know about our history 😂? Assyrians have the oldest most well recorded history on the planet.

[@gl4505]

​@@vafflexorza3208 While the Assyrians explored the stars, farmed the land, built cities, founded libraries and universities, other peoples were savage barbarians and cannibals.

[@Jjames6387]

Love learning about Assyrians in this format. Very informative and creative. Keep up all the good work.

[@tableofgods]

Thank you!

[@AZ70900]

As an Assyrian, you did an amazing job with this ❤️ Thank you 🙏

[@tableofgods]

Basima raba 🙏

[@AZ70900]

@@tableofgods thank you khayee ❤️

[@romeelsaleef8088]

Great documentary and thanks for the effort presenting my ancestors history. As an Assyrian scholar in Assyriology I would suggest for your future videos to present an actual photos of the Nineveh city and king Ashurbanipal reliefs from his palaces and you can get those from the British Museum Galleries. Second, I would add at the bottom of every videos a references of my videos and which books you get from! Again really appreciate the effort and keep going forward to present other Assyrian Kings. Love and Respect ❤

[@tableofgods]

Thank you for your comment 🙏 All sources are in the description of the video :)

[@unkwon8135]

​@@tableofgodsasharubani pal its name like Indian can I know any connection to india of assyria history.....so its right assyrian king original from Abhira ttibe ??? If I will not wrong...

[@SacredDreamer]

@@unkwon8135 I too am very interested in The India connection from the ancient times

[@TheObserversTV]

@@unkwon8135 It's Ashur Bani Apli which means 1.Ashur (Rectitude? Anshar?.. Unknown) 2.Bani/u (Created) 3.Apli (Heir, Descendants) in the Assyrian (Akkadian Semitic) language, the Assyrian king's origin is from the old/archaic Assur city area of Labba from the Adasi lineage

[@ritaa1359]

So ur Assyrian urself from parents who r from Middle East and studying about ur culture or ur not Assyrian but saying u r and if so what a disgrace u can’t just convert into a culture u have to be born into it in this case Assyrians now a days come from blooded Assyrians who came from Assyrians descent

[@KingSolomon_messiah]

According to research. I do feel that there's more to his story that hasn't been told. I truly enjoy this documentary. Although, I do have mixed feelings about the man according to what I know of him. I truly appreciate the time and care you poured into this movie.

[@yvetteradam6749]

Thank you for making this documentary. It was amazing. I enjoyed every second of it. Learning about my ancestors, the Assyrians 🙏

[@tableofgods]

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[@MongooseJakeNerf]

Absolutely outstanding video! My interest for all things of ancient Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria has grown over the last 3 years and this was just excellent. Looking forward to the book being released and have been on the waiting list since nearly the first opportunity! -Also, pleasantly surprised to see History with Cy involved, nice collaboration with another channel I watch routinely.

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Brilliant!

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[@Ashur-Mesopotamia]

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[@jameskeeney2966]

His library of cuneiform texts leads to actual authenticity of the early Hebrew Bible.

[@MHCE444]

as a speaker of the Hindi language I am stuck by how similar the customs and tradition of old-Assyria is to india, also the words" spoken and names are quite similar to the Sankrit language.

[@tableofgods]

Wow, that's cool. I didn't know that.

[@alihusseinjan10]

Also to Arabic there were similar vocabularies too

[@JaniceDietert]

I've always been interested in Sumer and the other countries in the area. Thank you so much for bringing this history to life in a way that is contextual and meaningful.

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I really really love your video! And I really really love the history of the Assyrians

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Great video! It’s amazing we have so much info on someone who lived so long ago!

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[@ourpetsheadsarefallingoff6654]

Awesome video but would be cool if the voice overs were in Akkadian I know we have Aramaic loan words in our modern Assyrian language but our language is still mostly Akkadian like our ancestors

[@tableofgods]

Yeah, that would be cool! It's just that it would be harder to do it but I'll definitely think about it for future videos :)

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[@atouraya7779]

I can understand some words that are in the Assyrian language today. Very cool! Good documentary!

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[@tableofgods]

Basima raba🙏

[@GeorgeAshuraya]

I’m just over than 20 minutes in and I can already see that you have done justice to our history and this particular king who gets a bad rep and is often vilified in every medium out there. Hopefully you haven’t done that 🫣 Just a little side note but I wish you could release the eastern (dialect) Assyrian language when speaking throughout the video as the ‘th’ and ‘o’ sounds are of the western dialect…

[@tableofgods]

Thank you, I'll try to have the eastern dialect in the future :)

[@GeorgeAshuraya]

@@tableofgods which A.I. tool are you using for these videos? Mid-Journey?

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@@GeorgeAshuraya yeah + a powerful computer and a lot of photoshop

[@thomascannon6497]

So fascinating! Very well done!!

[@tableofgods]

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[@AA2RAYA]

Amazing work thank you. Proud to be Half Assyrian

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[@gl4505]

The brother's betrayal of his own brother shook the Assyrian king's worldview. The king could not process and overcome this internally. This was the stumbling block and the real reason for the fall of the Assyrian Empire. It was not the superiority and strength of the enemy that led to the downfall of the Assyrian Empire, but rather the disharmony within the family (envy and jealousy in the family, constant comparison of Babylon with Nineveh). It is a story that penetrates the human psyche and captivates it. Even if you are king, all achievements and efforts seem meaningless if there is no cohesion, loyalty and harmony in the family. ​ @tableofgods Very nicely documented and presented by the producers.

[@EliasAlucard]

Great clip. I just finished reading Eckart Frahm's Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire the other day, and this clip is very much in line with the facts. It's good to see that you added the quotes in the Suryoye language with English translations too, though you omitted most of Ashurbanipal's Susa report, which is arguably the most badass of all Assyrian kings' statements after reporting on a war. Here's an abbreviated version of it: ”Susa, the great holy city, abode of their gods, seat of their mysteries, I conquered. I entered its palaces, I opened their treasuries where silver and gold, goods and wealth were amassed... I destroyed the ziggurat of Susa. I smashed its shining copper horns. I reduced the temples of Elam to naught; their gods and goddesses I scattered to the winds. The tombs of their ancient and recent kings I devastated, I exposed to the sun, and I carried away their bones toward the land of Ashur. I devastated the provinces of Elam and on their lands I sowed salt.“ - Ashurbanipal Really, as far as I'm concerned, Ashurbanipal should have done the same with Babylon, because Babylon's civil war in Mesopotamia, was what ultimately caused the fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, and later, the Babylonians destroyed Nineveh and Ashur with the help of the Medes. So Ashurbanipal's biggest mistake is that he was too nice to the Babylonians. Esarhaddon should've never rebuilt Babylon after Sennacherib had destroyed Babylon. Anyway, Ashurbanipal was a great king, and his legacy lives on, through his library. It's thanks to his library that we know so much about the ancient Assyrians and other peoples of the ancient world. Sure, he was brutal when required, but it's his Babylonian brother that was really the cause of the fall of Assyria, because that civil war severely weakened Assyria. Hopefully, in the not too distant future, we Assyrians can have a new Ashurbanipal leading us into a new, glorious future.

[@tableofgods]

Eckart's book came out after I wrote the manuscript for this video, but I used other great books and sources. That's a very interesting point-what would have happened if Ashurbanipal destroyed Babylon completely? Maybe the Assyrian Empire would have survived. Who knows? Thank you for your comment :)

[@EliasAlucard]

@@tableofgods Oh for sure, had Assyria not fallen that early in its imperial period, the Neo-Assyrian Empire would have gone on to rival the Roman Empire in size, if not much bigger. Keep in mind, in 600 BC, the various tribes outside of Assyria weren't as developed and powerful, so it would've been much easier to conquer much of the world at that point. And had that happened, Assyria would probably never have fallen, and we wouldn't have had Islam and so on today. We'd be living in a very different world today, and probably a world for the better. By the way, you should check out Simo Parpola's The Mesopotamian Soul of Western Culture, great stuff. Now, that's how much the Neo-Assyrian Empire influenced the world, in such a short time. Imagine if Assyria didn't fall.

[@tableofgods]

@@EliasAlucard I'll look up Parpola's paper. Thank you for the recommendation!

[@jannative]

When are you going to make beautiful videos like this again? This is so beautiful takes you right through time.

[@tableofgods]

Soon, hopefully. I just need to complete my book (tableofgods.com) :)

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Cant wait!@@tableofgods

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I love this documentary how it's made from the point of view of the historical characters.

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Thank you, reading this made me smile :)

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one of the few ancient history documentaries that you subscribe to the channel within the first 10 seconds of video

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It's only a matter of time before this channel explodes in popularity.

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It may be a great movies with real story basma janokh khon for this great historical documentary video well done ✅👍🏻

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Besima raba khon 🙏

[@galangsatriobudi4709]

Very interesting video, rarely people review the history of Assyria-Mesopotamia VERY DETAILS. Keep it up, make more videos about the mysterious history of Mesopotamia.

[@GreasusGoldtooth]

I always got the impression that Ashurbanipal was an unhappy man who did not enjoy the harsh acts his position required. It's a strange thing to pity a king who died more than a thousand years ago.

[@Elboro95]

Asurbanipal, rey de Asiria rey de Summer y Akkad, rey del Universo rey de las tierras rey de reyes , rey de las cuatro regiones del mundo, hijo de Assarhaddon rey de Asiria rey del Universo hijo de Senaquerib, rey de Asiria rey del Universo

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amazing quality video.

[@tableofgods]

Thank you!

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I love your work khon keep it up ❤

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Basima ❤

[@IOSPBITBRNO]

What exact language is being spoken when reading their quotes, is it a form of old Assyrian? Is it in Akkadian or Aramaic? I am asking because I was showing this to my grandmother and she could understand much of the Words being spoken. I too could also make out many of the statements spoken in the quotes. We are Ninwa Chaldean Assyrians living in America (DET).

[@tableofgods]

This is modern Assyrian. A language that developed from the merge of Akkadian and Aramaic that was spoken in the Neo-Assyrian Empire.

[@IOSPBITBRNO]

@@tableofgods what specific dialect?

[@tableofgods]

@@IOSPBITBRNO western dialect

[@IOSPBITBRNO]

@@tableofgods So I have been thinking about something, you speak Western Aramaic of modern day Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel. Essential Levantine/Anatolian regions. Is the Nineveh Dialect an eastern, or central dialect of Suret? Because the Surets’ of Iran are much different sounding than the Iraqi versions. Could Nineveh dialect be classified as central due to its proximity, difference in pronunciation, and distance from the home land of Proper Assyria? Side note: It would be sort of funny if it was called the “Proper Dialect” or “Proper Suret”. Not because it is the most original, but it is the land of Assyria proper.

[@TheObserversTV]

@@IOSPBITBRNO Western dialect of Syriac, which is still Eastern Aramaic, not Western Aramaic.

[@ryanstephens2684]

This is great content. I love it

[@tableofgods]

Thank you

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Very good video, thank you, i just subscribed from Québec 😊

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Thank you from Stockholm :)

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thank you

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First time here, ❤❤👍👍🔥

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Welcome :)

[@fadimelki6248]

Thank you very much! It was very interesting and informative. If only his story could be made into a movie but no. They'll just ruin it like so many historical stories. The casting would be horrible! They would intentionally make Ashurbanipal the wrong race. This documentary was better than any movie being made today.

[@tableofgods]

Thank you!

[@Macorian]

Good video. Interesting to have things read out in Syriac; which is, of course, rather anachronistic. Also, having Roman legionaries posing for Assyrian troops etc. Smaller things are: Shamash met or mît uballiṭ (The Sun revives the dead) not metu. Still, I'm happy this video tries to do the Assyrians justice, and not frame them as evil butchers. Thank you.

[@guyxx23]

I'm a native Hebrew speaker, and it's mind blowing that some of these Sumarian words closely resemble their Hebrew counterparts even thousands of years later

[@GeorgeAshuraya]

That’s not Sumerian you are hearing. It’s an Assyrian language. The western dialect to be precise, west of the Euphrates river. Sumer has been dead for thousands of years. Nobody speaks it today.

[@Itjeekiwkwwjwjwjwjwkwkk]

As an arabic speaker some assryian words i understood with ease

[@bardownski7858]

Ashurbanipal wants a go pro for Christmas

[@sonarbangla8711]

I find the history of Iraq, Syria and Assyria fascinating and spellbinding. The advanced civilization of Vedic India and the previous Puranic age saw impression of this culture firmly embossed in Greece, as the name of Agni, Mitra, Varuna, Indra etc., were gladly mixed into their own culture. Next door in Assyria, Vedic name of Asura became their own. Ashurbanipal and many others took Vedic names. Vedic arithmetic and geometry were studied by all. When all the tablets of the library of Ashurbanital is translated, it will be found to be treasure trove of knowledge. At the root of all these were the 11,000 years tradition of Sanatan religion preached by Krishna to the Yadava tribe, and founded the first human civilization. When Turks (Kuru) from central Asia entered India after the collapse of the Harappan civilization and destroyed the imperial Yadava in the Kurukshetra war 1500-1200 bc, a chapter of human civilization was forgotten. Ashurbanipal's library will bring back the lost chapter.

[@ritaa1359]

U shouldn’t and the reason why ur paying attention now is because of war and where the origins of religion started and don’t ever tell a middle eastern that there the same as Indians or that they r part of Indian culture they will be very offended and tell u ur wrong which u r

[@ritaa1359]

Middle easterners don’t care for India or countries like that as long as they have the religion then we don’t care

[@sonarbangla8711]

@@ritaa1359All you need is to explain why Indians follow the ULU culture like the Semitic people of ME.

[@seraphx26]

Just a public service reminder: Do not judge men and women of the ancient world by modern standards, you can't possibly imagine the difficulty that was life in this time period, and I don't just mean in terms of food, water, shelter, or war. I mean in terms of how deeply ancient peoples believed in their gods, in omens, in destiny, even people today who believe themselves to be religious simply aren't immersed in religion, in regard to daily life, the way that ancient peoples were. There is very little crossover in terms of morality, because that nice cushy safe society and morality that we live by today? would have led many people to a violent end, simply put, hyper morality is a luxury afforded to us by generations worth of spilled blood and piles of dead bodies.

[@freepplay]

A bit early to show the Roman legions

[@vds4252]

first I would like to see thank to you so much to make the video in put in KZbin to special to me to see. I spend most my summer going to museum in London special to see him king , I catch my attention the first I went by myself to museum. I also play with my young I'm queen the universe joking around , now see serious and scary.

[@gl4505]

Assyrian ( Mesopotamian ) Städte = Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Larsa, Nippur, Borsippa, Akkad, Shumar, Babel, Sippar, Basra, Ashur, Ninveh, Arbel, Arafa (Kerkuk), Mari, Telkeppe, Barwar, Alkush, Bagdede, Zakho, Hatra, Shaklawa, Bartelle, Akra, Nuhadra, Simele, Nahla, Urmia, Salamas, Hakkari, Botan, Gziro, Ğarzan, Besheriye, Sert, Meletini, Omid, Shemshat, Kashiyari (Turabdin), Urshina (Merde, Mardin), Nsibin, Savro, Khasnokefo, Bethzabdai, Midyath, Urheu, Haleb, Zalin, Gozarto, Khabur, Teltamer, Rishaino, Antakya und weiteres.

[@alihusseinjan10]

Why there is no movies about this

[@troygaspard6732]

I walk by his statue nearly everyday.

[@baberoot1998]

@27:10..."...on stone from before the Deluge." Hmmmm...I wonder, did Ashurbanipal, believe in a worldwide flood? It would be very interesting to know if in fact...he did. It is quite intriguing, that many, (very many), cultures and societies...actually believed in a worldwide flood. Very interesting.....

[@chrisrhodes2]

If he was in charge while the kingdom was decaying and didn't do anything to prevent it, was he a great king? Clearly there were problems he didn't address and decisions he made that contributed to the destruction soon after him. Is that greatness?

[@tableofgods]

It wasn't necessarily decaying just because he lost control over Egypt, which, after all, wasn't that important to Ashurbanipal. The destruction of the empire soon after Ashurbanipal's death can also be viewed from the point of view that he was such a great king that no one could replace him. But also, as you say, that maybe he wasn't, because he didn't establish something that his successors could build upon. But all empires fall. And many empires have fallen after their largest expansion, led by their greatest leader. Neo-Babylon is another example. It fell shortly after Nebuchadnezzar II. It doesn't mean NII was a bad king.

[@kennethbautista3456]

Besima rabba

[@tableofgods]

Besima

[@joeneil5485]

We really think he had a crown like the one in the thumbnail...?

[@galangsatriobudi4709]

Mehmet 2 and Saladin are reincarnations of Ashurbanipal

[@bobbymack555]

turned off when they showed early imperial roman legionaries marching.

[@Bigbudda12]

Ashy was a nerd. A narcissistic nerd.

[@mec4lifesmiley700]

Sick from a spirit running as to not have to pay for his decisions?

[@jeremiahzentz]

The AI art for 25th dynasty Kush-Napatan kings of Egypt is unfortunate, they were unquestionably African, maybe you can submit feedback...though your material about the subject Ashurbanipal is pretty in depth and good...

[@animaerapstarark76]

Khaya Ashur AK4L

[@m-man1031]

Assyria will rise again!! Babylon has been doomed by God and will never come back to life. Its been mentioned & written in the Bible 🙏.once a great empire gets weak from the inside it cannot survive from the outside. Assyria fell due to its problems from inside. Like many other great empires in the world who came after it. Assyria still remains as the greatest the first empire of all time. Live Long Assyria 💪❤🙏

[@KingSolomon_messiah]

Do people who support this channel believe in reincarnation? I just want to ask first. If you're interested, I did get some documents from Karen Radner regarding the Assyrian Empire and I have two books containing collections of the words from the Kings themselves. I'm a bit frustrated by the way the United States does things. I found the education system to be lacking and I would rather travel to a different location beyond the confines of an enslaved corporate nation. I desire to see the ruins themselves and I feel called to them.

[@ritaa1359]

Babylonians r essentially Assyrians Babylonians r technically on the land of Assyrians

[@JUSTFUN-gr2pb]

khayit khaya ATOR

[@benjaminperez1149]

None of the people you speak of looked nothing as you depict them.

[@aaronflagg3573]

You have never seen southwest Asians?

[@benjaminperez1149]

@@aaronflagg3573 Southwest Asians? lol to whom are you referring? These people groups have names, Aaron.

[@johannjohann6523]

I really have never understood "man's" idea of himself to go out and hunt and kill an animal up high on the food chain like a Lion. Which really sit atop of the food chain and nature. How killing an animal wearing armor, having swords, or arrows etc. I don't see that making you a strong person at all. To me you're just an asshole. You can't eat Lion. If you can't eat it, ya don't hunt it. Or hunt it with a camera. There's a thought. But I know in ancient times. The Coliseum in Rome, God knows how many animals were killed there for entertainment. Probably a couple hundred thousand died. Thing is we have but 1 job here on earth that makes God really happy. 1. Caring for His Creation, not destroying it. That's it.

[@tamooz2]

your pronunciation very poor , you swallow some letter , and you introduce the knowledge as you talking to Assyrians but we are not

[@vafflexorza3208]

Montaj the sound that you have put is in Aramaic is not in Assyrian in the city of Asur they speak another dialect of the Aramaic language.

[@MrKurdkiller]

All these great stories and yet there is no film they made about it. Why do you think that is we know, but do not Assyrians no

[@davidetraverso3603]

Complimenti hai fatto un ottimo lavoro per chi è un grande appassionato..... davvero i miei complimenti prima di questo tuo video c era pochissimo materiale al riguardo 👍

[@tableofgods]

Grazie mille per i tuoi gentili complimenti! Sono felice che tu abbia trovato il video utile e informativo.

[@dylanbarnes9195]

Esarhaddon should have done the opposite, and not listing to Naqiʾa advice. Naqiʾa who I believed caused the down fall of the empire. Esarhaddon should have made Šamaš-šuma-ukin the high king of Assyria, and made Ashurbanipal king of Babylon, sense Ashurbanipal was fluent in the Sumerian language the people of Sumer would have respected his rule. Ashurbanipal would be second only to his brother and answer only to his commands. Ashurbanipal would trust his favorite brothers rule, and come and aid him whenever Šamaš-šuma-ukin called on Babylon. Šamaš-šuma-ukin would rule, and trust his younger brother, and his father decision, but also feel like he is living in his older brother Sin-nadin-apli shadow. I believe if he did that the two brother would have unified all of Assyria empire, and would bring about piece in the empire. The oldest son of Esarhaddon, and the youngest in perfect unity.

[@tableofgods]

Interesting thought!