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Ashurbanipal

685 BC - 627 BC

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Ashurbanipal (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: Aššur-bāni-apli, meaning "Ashur is the creator of the heir") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 669 BC to his death in 631. He is generally remembered as the last great king of Assyria. Ashurbanipal inherited the throne as the favored heir of his father Esarhaddon; his 38-year reign was among the longest of any Assyrian king. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ashurbanipal has received more than 1,412,055 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Ashurbanipal is the 236th most popular politician (up from 446th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 12th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Iraqi Politician.

Ashurbanipal was the last great king of Assyria, and he is most famous for his library.

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  • 66

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ashurbanipal ranks 236 out of 15,577. Before him are Odoacer, Theodore Roosevelt, Martin Bormann, Konrad Adenauer, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Olof Palme. After him are Puyi, Mars, Enver Hoxha, Emperor Meiji, Georgy Zhukov, and James VI and I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 685 BC, Ashurbanipal ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 627 BC, Ashurbanipal ranks 1. After him are Cypselus, Ashur-etil-ilani, Kandalanu, and Sin-shumu-lishir.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ashurbanipal ranks 7 out of 338. Before him are Abraham (-1813), Saladin (1138), Hammurabi (-1810), Saddam Hussein (1937), Nebuchadnezzar II (-630), and Abu Hanifa (698). After him are Sargon of Akkad (-2300), Sarah (-1803), Al-Kindi (801), Ibn al-Haytham (965), Mani (216), and Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Ashurbanipal ranks 5. Before him are Saladin (1138), Hammurabi (-1810), Saddam Hussein (1937), and Nebuchadnezzar II (-630). After him are Sargon of Akkad (-2300), Alexander IV of Macedon (-323), Sennacherib (-740), Sargon II (-750), Nebuchadnezzar I (-1200), Khosrow II (570), and Al-Ma'mun (786).

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