It's always fascinating to get a glimpse into someone's life, especially if that person lived thousands of years ago, especially especially if they were a paranoid King whose father was murdered by his brother. That was the life of Esarhaddon, the 7th century BCE King of Assyria and thanks to the massive amounts of writing they left behind we can get a taste of what his life was like.

Sources:
Karen Radner, Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction
Georges Contenau, Everyday Life in Babylon and Assyria
Wikipedia as well, obviously.

Image attributions:
Omar Siddeeq Yousif, Nineveh - Mashki Gate, CC BY-SA 4.0
© Sémhur / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0, or Free Art License, Urartu 715 713-en, CC BY-SA 4.0
Prioryman, Tablet of Shamash relief, CC BY-SA 4.0
Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany, Sculpted reliefs depicting Ashurbanipal, the last great Assyrian king, hunting lions, gypsum hall relief from the North Palace of Nineveh (Irak), c. 645-635 BC, British Museum (16722368932), CC BY-SA 2.0
Zhengan, Harran beehive houses (2), CC BY-SA 4.0
anonymous, Venus Tablet of Ammisaduqa, CC BY-SA 3.0
BabelStone, Early writing tablet recording the allocation of beer, CC BY-SA 3.0

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