History and Assurbanipal

Historians, or scholars who write about the past, learn about history through artifacts, or objects made by humans. Many historians, though, rely more on written records, such as primary sources and secondary sources.

Click Here to read about Assurbanipal, an ancient king of Assyria. Then, answer the following questions in an app of your choice:

1) Who was Assurbanipal?

2) How did Assurbanipal help historians?

3) What cultures did we learn about from Assurbanipal?

4) What type of source are the clay tablets from Assurbanipal's library? Are they primary sources or secondary sources?