Question
A ruler of this name organized one of the largest banquets in history, which was attended by almost 70,000 people and lasted for 10 days. For 10 points each:
[10h] Give the name of the ruler whose military campaigns are depicted on the White Obelisk. A ruler of this name listed his achievements in the Standard Inscription on reliefs found at Nimrud.
ANSWER: Ashurnasirpal (“ASH-er-NAH-seer-pahl”) II [reject “Ashurbanipal”]
[10m] The severed head of King Teumann (“tay-OOH-mahn”) appears in a “Banquet Scene” that Hormuzd Rassam discovered alongside a relief of these events. That relief of one of these events shows a king with an ornate earring vanquishing his victims with daggers, spears and arrows.
ANSWER: a lion hunt [accept Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal; prompt on hunt by asking “of what animals?”]
[10e] The “Banquet Scene” was carved into a palace in this capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, which also contained the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal.
ANSWER: Nineveh [or Ninuwa; or Naynawā; or Nīnwē; accept Kouyunjik]
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Summary
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