The Sumerians
The Akkadian Empire
The Babylonian Empire
The Assyrian Empire
Ancient Mesopotamia
Science, Inventions, and Technology
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What are the Sumerians famous for?
Fighting with the Greeks Forming the first human civilization Conquering Ancient Egypt The Hanging Gardens of Babylon The library at Nineveh
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What peoples came before the Akkadians in the land of Mesopotamia?
What is the Babylonians Sumerians Assyrians Persians Greeks
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What empire came before the first Babylonian Empire in Mesopotamia?
Persian Greek Sumerian Akkadian Assyrian
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What other empire did the Assyrians battle throughout much of ancient history for control of Mesopotamia and the Middle East?
What is Akkadians Sumerians Persians Egyptians Babylonians
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Which civilization is credited for being the first to invent writing?
Who are the Babylonians Sumerians Assyrians Persians Greeks
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What was the basic division of government throughout the Sumer land?
What are Counties Satrapies City-states Provinces Empires
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The Akkadians were the first to move from separate city-states to this form of government
What is the Democracy Oligarchy Empire Communism Socialism
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Who was Hammurabi?
What is The first king of the Babylonian Empire The main god worshiped in the city of Babylon The king who build the famous Hanging Gardens The last king of the Babylonians A scribe who wrote the Code of Hammurabi
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What were the Assyrians most known for?
What is Their fearsome army and warriors Their poetry Their art and painting Their peaceful rule of the lands they conquered Inventing the first form of writingr
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What number did the Mesopotamian civilizations use as the base number for their numbering system?
What is 5 10 20 60 100
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What was the temple called that was located at the center of each city?
What is a Ziggurat
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What Akkadian leader rose to power and first united Mesopotamia under one rule?
Who is Sargon the Great Gilgamesh Hammurabi Alexander the Great Tiglath-Pileser
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What was unique about the Code of Hammurabi?
What is It was very similar to Morse Code which was invented thousands of years later It was the first time the laws of a major government were written down It was used to pass secret messages that the Assyrians could not decipher It was very short and was memorized by the priests of the day It was secret and only known by the top officials of the day
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What Assyrian city held a famous library of thousands of clay tablets?
What is Babylon Nineveh Ashur Nimrud Jerusalem
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How many months did they have in their calendar?
What is 2 7 12 14 17
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What do we call the land called where the Sumer lived?
What is Israel Egypt Mediterranean Mesopotamia Macedonia
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Why did the Sumerians think that the Akkadian Empire collapsed?
Because they spoke a different language Because they could not fight well Because they failed to offer the right sacrifices to the gods Because of poor leadership Because of a curse placed on them when they destroyed the temple at Nippur
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What Babylonian King conquered the Assyrians and made Babylon the ruler of the Empire in Mesopotamia again in 616 BC?
Who is Hammurabi Nabopolassar Sargon II Nebuchadnezzar II Sargon the Great
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What metal did the Assyrians use to make their weapons, chariots, and tools strong?
What is Bronze Gold Iron Steel Tin
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What ancient city had two huge walls built 35 feet high and over 20 feet wide for miles and miles around it?
What is Ashur Babylon Nineveh Ur Nimrud
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How was the number 60 important to the Sumerians?
What is It was the number of gods they worshiped It was the base number for their mathematics and numbering system It stood for the number of major cities in the area They considered the number 60 unlucky and never used it They had 60 letters in their alphabet
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Sargon introduced the concept of the dynasty to an empire. What was this?
When a king would assign leaders to rule each city who reported in to him Another name for the civil service or administrators who worked for the government When the son of a king inherited his kingdom and became king when he died
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What did Nebuchadnezzar II do when he conquered the Jewish people?
What is He made them leave their homes and into slavery in Babylon for 70 years He forced them to build him giant pyramids in Egypt He turned them into his elite fighting force He let them continue living their lives as long as they paid their taxes and obeyed the laws He did not conquer the Jewish people
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Who was the main god of the Assyrians?
What is Ashur Nimrud Shamash Marduk Enlil
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What technology did they take advantage of in order to make strong weapons and tools?
What is Looms Irrigation Iron making The Wheel Glazes
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