Ancient Mesopotamia - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What was Hammurabi known for?	Code of law	93%
What does the word Mesopotamia mean?	The land between rivers	91%
What ancient wonder of the world had its home in Babylon?	Hanging Gardens	87%
Who were the first humans to form a civilization?	Sumerians	85%
Ancient Mesopotamia was famously located by which two rivers?	Tigris and Euphrates	85%
In what current country is most of Ancient Mesopotamia located?	Iraq	83%
What was a ziggurat in Ancient Mesopotamia?	Temple to the local god	82%
What is Gilgamesh according to mythology?	Demigod	77%
What ruler invaded the land and conquered the Persian Empire in 333 BC?	Alexander the Great	74%
Who was Hammurabi?	King of Babylon	72%
What city was the center of the Sumerian civilization?	Uruk	65%
Who besieged Jerusalem in 568 BC, captured a large number of Judeans and took them to Babylon where they became slaves?	Nebuchadnezzar II	64%
Which empire developed the first form of writing by using pictures for words and inscribing them on clay tablets?	Sumerians	64%
In Sumerian literature what was Gilgamesh searching for?	Eternal life	62%
Where was the battle where 300 Spartans hold off the entire Persian army?	Thermopylae	57%
Under which ruler, the Persians conquered Babylon and much of Mesopotamia?	Cyrus the Great	55%
What is the name of the wild man that the gods sent to challenge Gilgamesh, but eventually they became best friends?	Enkidu	54%
What was the capital and largest city of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, as well as the largest city in the world for several decades?	Nineveh	52%
The Persian wars were a series of wars fought between the Persians and which empire?	Greek	49%
What was the deciding battle during the first invasion of Greece by the Persians?	Battle of Marathon	39%

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