History of Mesopotamia/Iraq

Can you answer these questions about the region of Euphrates and Tigris?

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Important Sumerian City, which gave Iraq its name

Uruk

Legendary king from this city featured in an epic poem

Gilgamesh

Empire founded by King Sargon, which conquered most of Sumer

Akkad

Babylonian code of law from ~ 1754 BCE

Code of Hammurabi

Besides Assur, most important city of Assyria, located inside of Mosul

Ninive

City, which overthrow the Neo-Assyrian Empire

Babylon

King, who build the Hanging Gardens in this city

Nebuchadnezzar II

Persian king, who conquered Mesopotamia in ~ 550 BCE

Cyrus II

Macedonian king, who conquered Persia

Alexander the Great

Greek Diadoch, who controlled Mesopotamia

Seleucus

Capital of the Parthian and Sassanid Empire

Ktesiphon

People Group defeating and conquering the Sassanids in the 7. Century

Arabs

City, founded by the Abbasids, which became central to the Golden Age of Islam

Baghdad

Nomadic Empire, which killed many in this city in 1258

Mongolian Empire

Turkish Empire controlling Mesopotamia from the 16. Century to WWI

Ottoman Empire

European State gaining control of Iraq after WWI

United Kingdom

Founding year of the Republic of Iraq

1958

Dictator, who invaded Iran in 1980

Saddam Hussein

Another country invaded by him

Kuwait

Name of two US-Presidents, who declared war on the Iraq

Bush

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3 Comments

Level 95

May 10, 2021

Good quiz

Shame you don’t accept Nineveh or Ctesiphon

Level 59

Feb 7, 2022

I missed Nebuchadnezzar II, Ninive, and Ktesiphon. I guessed Nebuchadnezzar, Nineveh, and Ctesiphon.

Level 66

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.