- 1. When was Ninevah sacked by the Medes?
A) 325 BC
B) 612 BC
C) 493 BC
D) 731 BC
- 2. Who led the Medes in the sack of Ninevah?
A) Cyrus the Great
B) Darius the Great
C) Xerxes I
D) Cyaxares
- 3. Which city in modern-day Iraq was Ninevah located near?
A) Mosul
B) Basra
C) Baghdad
D) Erbil
- 4. What river did the Medes and Babylonians use to access Ninevah?
A) Tigris
B) Euphrates
C) Nile
D) Jordan
- 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. 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) Sennacherib
B) Ashur-uballit II
C) Tiglath-Pileser III
D) Shalmaneser V
- 8. After the fall of Ninevah, who eventually conquered the Babylonians?
A) Romans
B) Persians
C) Greeks
D) Carthaginians
- 9. In addition to the Medes and Babylonians, which other group is sometimes credited with the fall of Ninevah?
A) Scythians
B) Sumerians
C) Phoenicians
D) Celts
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