What prior event might have motivated Alexander the Great to raze Persepolis in 330 BCE?
A. The destruction of the Assyrian city of Nimrud
B. The founding of the Sasanian dynasty
C. The Persian sack of the Athenian Acropolis
D. The Persian sack of the fortress of Jericho
Answer: C
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