Episode 21 For the Sake of Distant Days

Published: Feb. 6, 2013, 1:11 p.m.

\u201cNineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her?\xa0 Whence shall I seek comforters for thee?\u201d \u2013 Nahum 3:7\nAshurbanipal spent the end of his reign establishing a library of Mesopotamian knowledge and culture. \xa0Twenty years after his death, internal discord and powerful enemies combined to seal the fate of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices