WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

ASSYRIAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who captured Nineveh in 612 B.C.?
A
Chaldeans and Medes
B
Chaldeans and Egyptians
C
Hittites and Egyptians
D
Medes and Hittites
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Rebelling against the Assyrians, an allied army which combined the forces of Medes and the Babylonians besieged Nineveh and sacked 750 hectares of what was, at that time, one of the greatest cities in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -It’s definitely true that the Chaldeans, a Semitic people who lived in southeastern Mesopotamia, participated in the capture and sacking of the Assyrian capitol city of Nineveh in the year 612 B.C.E. / B.C.

Detailed explanation-3: -Babylonia & Chaldea were conquered by the Neo-Assyrians c.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 612 BCE the city of Nineveh was sacked and burned by the allied forces of the Persians, Medes, Babylonians, and others who then divided the region between them. The area was sparsely populated thereafter and, slowly, the ancient ruins became buried in earth.

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