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What kingdom was based in northern Mesopotamia and is considered to be the first true
empire in the world by many historians?
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Neo-Assyrian
Empire
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Which capital city of the above was the largest city in the world for approximately fifty
years until the year 612 BC?
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Nineveh
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The cuneiform writing was first developed by which Mesopotamian civilization?
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Sumer
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Which Biblical patriarch was born in the city of Ur?
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Abraham
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Which of the Babylonian king's code of laws called for "an eye for an eye"?
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Hammurabi
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Which Akkadian king is sometimes identified as the first person in recorded
history to rule over an empire?
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Sargon the Great
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What was the name of the daughter of the above who is known to be the earliest poet
in history whose name has been recorded?
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Enheduanna
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Which Persian king freed the Jews from captivity in Babylonia after conquering it?
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Cyrus the Great
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Who was the longest-reigning and most powerful monarch of the Neo-Babylonian Empire?
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Nebuchadnezzar II
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What was the name of the Apocryphal World Wonder of Babylon?
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Hanging Gardens
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What name was given to the Mesopotamian pyramids with steps?
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Ziggurat
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Which epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia is often regarded as the earliest surviving
great work of literature in history?
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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Which caliphate had four of its six capitals in modern-day Iraq?
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Abbasid Caliphate
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Which fictional legendary sailor of the seven seas was said to live in Iraq?
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Sinbad the Sailor
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Which foreign invaders sacked Baghdad in 1258 AD and ,ended the Islamic Golden Age?
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Mongols
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Which empire conquers and controls most of Mesopotamia between 1533 - 1918?
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Ottoman Empire
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Mesopotamia becomes a mandatory of what country after collapse of the above?
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United Kingdom
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Which royal family ruled over Iraq between 1921 - 1958?
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Hashemites
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What country did Iraq fight a bloody war against in the 1980s?
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Iran
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Who was the president of Iraq from 1979 until being assassinated in 2003?
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Saddam Hussein
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To what political party did the above belong to?
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Ba'ath
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That president led an invasion into which neighboring country in 1990?
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Kuwait
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The Iraqi constitution recognized the autonomy of which Iraqi region in 2005?
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Iraqi Kurdistan
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According to George W. Bush, what group of axis is Iraq member of?
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Axis of Evil
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In what former prison were detainees abused by personnel of the U.S. Army and CIA?
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Abu Ghraib
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