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