This 1910 image shows the ruler Ashurbanipal of Assyria in his chariot. The original is in the Louvre Museum in Paris. This 1910 image shows Assurbanipal (also spelled Ashurbanipal) in his chariot. Ashurbanipal 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. Inheriting the throne as the favored heir of his father Esarhaddon, Ashurbanipal's 38-year reign was among the longest of any Assyrian king.

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