Ninevah sacked by Medes - end of Assyrian empire
- 1. When was Ninevah sacked by the Medes?
A) 612 BC
B) 493 BC
C) 731 BC
D) 325 BC
- 2. Who led the Medes in the sack of Ninevah?
A) Cyrus the Great
B) Darius the Great
C) Cyaxares
D) Xerxes I
- 3. Which city in modern-day Iraq was Ninevah located near?
A) Mosul
B) Basra
C) Baghdad
D) Erbil
- 4. Which ancient civilization created the library at Ninevah?
A) Assyrians
B) Egyptians
C) Greeks
D) Persians
- 5. The fall of Ninevah is attributed to a coalition of which two powers?
A) Persians and Greeks
B) Romans and Carthaginians
C) Medes and Babylonians
D) Hittites and Egyptians
- 6. What river did the Medes and Babylonians use to access Ninevah?
A) Nile
B) Tigris
C) Euphrates
D) Jordan
- 7. In addition to the Medes and Babylonians, which other group is sometimes credited with the fall of Ninevah?
A) Scythians
B) Sumerians
C) Celts
D) Phoenicians
- 8. Who was the last Assyrian king to reign from Ninevah prior to its fall?
A) Tiglath-Pileser III
B) Sennacherib
C) Shalmaneser V
D) Ashur-uballit II
- 9. After the fall of Ninevah, who eventually conquered the Babylonians?
A) Greeks
B) Romans
C) Carthaginians
D) Persians
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