One of Ashurbanipal's greatest possessions is the library of Nineveh. In the library was not books or papyrus. It was clay tablets. And where did he get them? Well I'll tell you. Ashurbanipal sent out scribes all over his empire to collect them. He also got his scribes to get people from all over Nineveh to write down what they knew aout history in Assyria, Babylon and Egypt. The scribes also got doctors to write down what they new about medical care and medicine.
But those clay tabletas where very heavy so Ashurbanipal had to keep building rooms for them. Soon he collected thousands and thousands of clay tablets.
And today a little bit of the Assyria library is in the possession of England's British Museum.
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Wicked! So neat to think how way back they used what they could to record things. I bet you are glad we don't make you etch your school work in stone. Could you imagine having to start over if you messed up? ha ha.
ReplyDeleteThat was really interesting Noah. Maybe one day you can go to the British Museum and see them for yourself.
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