Siege of Sardis

Target entity: Siege of Sardis
Context triple: [Battle of Thymbra, followedBy, Siege of Sardis]

• A. Siege of Halicarnassus
  The Siege of Halicarnassus was a key early battle in Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Persian Empire, in which he captured the heavily fortified Carian capital on the coast of Asia Minor.
• B. Siege of Miletus
  The Siege of Miletus was one of Alexander the Great’s early campaigns in Asia Minor, in which he captured the strategically important Ionian city from Persian control.
• C. Siege of Cyzicus
  The Siege of Cyzicus was a pivotal 73–72 BC engagement in which Roman forces under Lucullus trapped and devastated King Mithridates VI’s army in Asia Minor, turning the tide of the Third Mithridatic War.
• D. Siege of Samaria
  The Siege of Samaria was the decisive Assyrian military campaign in 722 BCE that led to the fall of the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel and the exile of much of its population.
• E. Siege of Amisus
  The Siege of Amisus was a key Roman assault on the Pontic city of Amisus during the Third Mithridatic War, exemplifying Rome’s campaign to break King Mithridates VI’s power in Asia Minor.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Siege of Sardis
Target entity description: The Siege of Sardis was the decisive Persian assault led by Cyrus the Great that captured the Lydian capital and ended the reign of King Croesus in the mid-6th century BCE.

• A. Siege of Halicarnassus
  The Siege of Halicarnassus was a key early battle in Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Persian Empire, in which he captured the heavily fortified Carian capital on the coast of Asia Minor.
• B. Siege of Miletus
  The Siege of Miletus was one of Alexander the Great’s early campaigns in Asia Minor, in which he captured the strategically important Ionian city from Persian control.
• C. Siege of Cyzicus
  The Siege of Cyzicus was a pivotal 73–72 BC engagement in which Roman forces under Lucullus trapped and devastated King Mithridates VI’s army in Asia Minor, turning the tide of the Third Mithridatic War.
• D. Siege of Samaria
  The Siege of Samaria was the decisive Assyrian military campaign in 722 BCE that led to the fall of the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel and the exile of much of its population.
• E. Siege of Amisus
  The Siege of Amisus was a key Roman assault on the Pontic city of Amisus during the Third Mithridatic War, exemplifying Rome’s campaign to break King Mithridates VI’s power in Asia Minor.
• F. None of above. chosen