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Ancient Mesopotamia
The cradle of civilization
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Last updated: February 28, 2022
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1. What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
The land between mountains
The land between valleys
The land between rivers
The land between seas
2. In what current country is most of Ancient Mesopotamia located?
Pakistan
Turkey
Iran
Iraq
3. Who were the first humans to form a civilization?
Persians
Sumerians
Babylonians
Assyrians
4. Who was Hammurabi?
King of Assyria
King of Sumer
King of Babylon
King of Egypt
5. What was Hammurabi known for?
Code of law
Multiple wives
Long beard
Inventing the wheel
6. Which empire developed the first form of writing by using pictures for words and inscribing them on clay tablets?
Akkadians
Babylonians
Sumerians
Assyrians
7. What was the capital and largest city of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, as well as the largest city in the world for several decades?
Nippur
Nineveh
Kish
Assur
8. What ruler invaded the land and conquered the Persian Empire in 333 BC?
Alexander the Great
Cleopatra VII
Julius Caesar
Sargon the Great
9. Who besieged Jerusalem in 568 BC, captured a large number of Judeans and took them to Babylon where they became slaves?
Xerxes I
Cyrus the Great
Nebuchadnezzar II
Darius I
10. What was the deciding battle during the first invasion of Greece by the Persians?
Battle of Athens
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Marathon
11. What was a ziggurat in Ancient Mesopotamia?
Large theatre
Temple to the local god
Siege weapon
Type of vehicle
12. What ancient wonder of the world had its home in Babylon?
Statue of Zeus
Colossus
Temple of Artemis
Hanging Gardens
13. What city was the center of the Sumerian civilization?
Uruk
Persepolis
Babylon
Akkad
14. Ancient Mesopotamia was famously located by which two rivers?
Nile and Indus
Indus and Tigris
Tigris and Euphrates
Euphrates and Nile
15. Under which ruler, the Persians conquered Babylon and much of Mesopotamia?
Darius I
Ramses II
Cyrus the Great
Xerxes I
16. In Sumerian literature what was Gilgamesh searching for?
Love
Meaning of life
Eternal life
Wealth
17. What is Gilgamesh according to mythology?
Demigod
Lion
Devil
Dragon
18. What is the name of the wild man that the gods sent to challenge Gilgamesh, but eventually they became best friends?
Enkidu
Bull of Heaven
Utnapishtim
Humbaba
19. The Persian wars were a series of wars fought between the Persians and which empire?
Roman
Sumerian
Greek
Babylonian
20. Where was the battle where 300 Spartans hold off the entire Persian army?
Grancius
Marathon
Thermopylae
Pydna
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5 Comments
Crem
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Feb 5, 2021
Fun quiz!
Nenadbs
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Level 53
Feb 27, 2021
Thanks :)
Alexquiz17
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Level 91
May 10, 2021
Yes, good quiz, ancient history rocks!
Nenadbs
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Level 53
May 11, 2021
Thanks :)
ItzIngenious
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Level 65
Feb 2, 2023
Cool, but once you get to the Persian wars, Mesopotamian culture was already vanishing.
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