Answers to the "Alexander" Quiz

1.  To which Mesopotamian god did Alexander make sacrifices?

Marduk

2.  In which Mesopotamian city did Alexander die?

Babylon

3.  When did he die (day, month, and year)?

On 13 June 323 BC.; 289 years after the Fall of Nineveh to Medes and 216 years after the Fall of Babylon to Persians.

4.  In what famous battle, which happened in north Iraq, did Alexander defeat the Persian king, Darius?

The Battle of Gaugamela

5.  When did this battle take place?

1 October 331

6.  What is the meaning of this name?

Gamla is the Assyrian word for camel.  The area was known as the Home of Camels and was near the Assyrian city of Arbella (Assyrian "land of gods").  This is today's Iraqi city of Arbil.

7.  Before his death Alexander decided to make which Mesopotamian city the capital of his vast empire?

Babylon

8.  On his final return to Babylon about what did the Babylonian priests warn Alexander?

That he should enter the city from the eastern gate. Alexander did not.

9.  Which ancient Assyrian city in the north did Alexander's map makers identify as a major urban center?

Arbella or the modern day Arbil.

10.  In which city was Alexander crowned the "King of Asia"?

Arbella

Map of the Middle East as known to Alexander's map makers.