Geography
What was the name of the area in modern-day Iraq where civilization emerged?
Mesopotamia
Between what two rivers did the Sumerian civilization emerge?
Tigris and Euphrates
What was the main city of the Assyrian Empire?
Nineveh
What modern-day country exists in the land of Persia?
Iran
What was the name of the writing system developed by the Sumerians?
Cuneiform
Who was the primary god that Assyrians worshipped?
Assur
What large city was the main capital of the Persian Empire?
Persepolis
What were the pyramid-shaped temples built in most Sumerian cities?
What animal did the ancient Egyptians revere?
Cats
What was the main religion of the Persian Empire?
Zoroastrianism
What was the ancient name for the area around modern-day Turkey?
Anatolia
What is the name of the region along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea where lots of Biblical history took place?
The Levant