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History of Mesopotamia/Iraq

Can you answer these questions about the region of Euphrates and Tigris?
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Last updated: February 2, 2023
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Important Sumerian City, which gave Iraq its name
Uruk
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Legendary king from this city featured in an epic poem
Gilgamesh
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Empire founded by King Sargon, which conquered most of Sumer
Akkad
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Babylonian code of law from ~ 1754 BCE
Code of Hammurabi
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Besides Assur, most important city of Assyria, located inside of Mosul
Ninive
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City, which overthrow the Neo-Assyrian Empire
Babylon
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King, who build the Hanging Gardens in this city
Nebuchadnezzar II
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Persian king, who conquered Mesopotamia in ~ 550 BCE
Cyrus II
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Macedonian king, who conquered Persia
Alexander the Great
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Greek Diadoch, who controlled Mesopotamia
Seleucus
 
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Capital of the Parthian and Sassanid Empire
Ktesiphon
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People Group defeating and conquering the Sassanids in the 7. Century
Arabs
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City, founded by the Abbasids, which became central to the Golden Age of Islam
Baghdad
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Nomadic Empire, which killed many in this city in 1258
Mongolian Empire
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Turkish Empire controlling Mesopotamia from the 16. Century to WWI
Ottoman Empire
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European State gaining control of Iraq after WWI
United Kingdom
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Founding year of the Republic of Iraq
1958
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Dictator, who invaded Iran in 1980
Saddam Hussein
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Another country invaded by him
Kuwait
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Name of two US-Presidents, who declared war on the Iraq
Bush
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Level 87
May 10, 2021
Good quiz

Shame you don’t accept Nineveh or Ctesiphon

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Level 55
Feb 7, 2022
I missed Nebuchadnezzar II, Ninive, and Ktesiphon. I guessed Nebuchadnezzar, Nineveh, and Ctesiphon.
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Level 60
Feb 2, 2023
I concur with the above comments. Do the complexity of the spelling, i suggest just “Nebuch” to be accepted, similar to how Ouaga is accepted for Ouagadougou on COTW. The name Nineveh should also be accepted, as this is what it is mostly known as.