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Ancient Mesopotamia

The cradle of civilization
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1. What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
The land between mountains
The land between rivers
The land between valleys
The land between seas
2. In what current country is most of Ancient Mesopotamia located?
Turkey
Iraq
Iran
Pakistan
3. Who were the first humans to form a civilization?
Assyrians
Sumerians
Babylonians
Persians
4. Who was Hammurabi?
King of Assyria
King of Egypt
King of Babylon
King of Sumer
5. What was Hammurabi known for?
Inventing the wheel
Long beard
Multiple wives
Code of law
6. Which empire developed the first form of writing by using pictures for words and inscribing them on clay tablets?
Babylonians
Assyrians
Akkadians
Sumerians
7. What was the capital and largest city of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, as well as the largest city in the world for several decades?
Assur
Kish
Nineveh
Nippur
8. What ruler invaded the land and conquered the Persian Empire in 333 BC?
Sargon the Great
Cleopatra VII
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
9. Who besieged Jerusalem in 568 BC, captured a large number of Judeans and took them to Babylon where they became slaves?
Cyrus the Great
Xerxes I
Darius I
Nebuchadnezzar II
10. What was the deciding battle during the first invasion of Greece by the Persians?
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Athens
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Marathon
11. What was a ziggurat in Ancient Mesopotamia?
Temple to the local god
Large theatre
Siege weapon
Type of vehicle
12. What ancient wonder of the world had its home in Babylon?
Colossus
Statue of Zeus
Hanging Gardens
Temple of Artemis
13. What city was the center of the Sumerian civilization?
Babylon
Persepolis
Akkad
Uruk
14. Ancient Mesopotamia was famously located by which two rivers?
Nile and Indus
Euphrates and Nile
Tigris and Euphrates
Indus and Tigris
15. Under which ruler, the Persians conquered Babylon and much of Mesopotamia?
Cyrus the Great
Ramses II
Xerxes I
Darius I
16. In Sumerian literature what was Gilgamesh searching for?
Meaning of life
Wealth
Love
Eternal life
17. What is Gilgamesh according to mythology?
Dragon
Lion
Devil
Demigod
18. What is the name of the wild man that the gods sent to challenge Gilgamesh, but eventually they became best friends?
Enkidu
Bull of Heaven
Humbaba
Utnapishtim
19. The Persian wars were a series of wars fought between the Persians and which empire?
Sumerian
Babylonian
Greek
Roman
20. Where was the battle where 300 Spartans hold off the entire Persian army?
Marathon
Pydna
Grancius
Thermopylae
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Level 68
Feb 5, 2021
Fun quiz!
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Level 53
Feb 27, 2021
Thanks :)
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Level 87
May 10, 2021
Yes, good quiz, ancient history rocks!
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Level 53
May 11, 2021
Thanks :)
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Level 60
Feb 2, 2023
Cool, but once you get to the Persian wars, Mesopotamian culture was already vanishing.