Boom's Assyria

For all my Civ V fans out there, the return of Assyria, led by Ashurbanipal! Assyria was an an ancient Mesopotamian civilization which began as a city-state, but evolved into the largest empire of its time. Its warrior-kings focused upon expansion, believing it to be their divine right to bring all people under the rule of Assyria. They were able to accomplish this through development of the earliest siege warfare and siege engines, as well as powerful administrative systems that could govern large systems efficiently and resettling of conquered peoples in order to prevent rebellion. Ashurbanipal was the last powerful king of the Assyrian Empire before its collapse. He headed various campaigns against the civilizations around Assyria, but surprisingly, considering his brutally cruel nature, his self-described most impressive accomplishment was the construction of the Library of Ashurbanipal, by far the largest library in history til that point and unsurpassed until the construction of the Library of Alexandria some 400 years later. Boom's Assyria Assyria is a force to be reckoned with in the early game, with their powerful Siege Engine unique unit enabling easy conquest of cities, and following conquest, their civilization ability and their unique improvement, the Lamassu, enable the easy integration of conquered cities into a comfortable and productive place in the empire. Ashurbanipal takes advantage of these conquests to gain Great Writers, which he uses to fill his Library of Ashurbanipal, catapulting him far ahead in the Technology and Civics trees. Leader Ability: Treasures of Ninevah Great Works of Writing gain +1 Science and Culture, with an additional +1 Science and Culture per campus building present in the city Conquering a city grants a burst of Great Writer points (5 base + 5 for each district present in the city) Earning a Great Writer grants a free Eureka Gain the Library of Ashurbanipal unique building Unique Government Plaza building, replacing noth