History Quizz

With few precedents to guide them, the population of Mesopotamia adapted and created
Answer
| | Social organization | | | Writing | | | Agricultural cultivation | | | Development of religion | | | Competition amongst different groups |
1 points
Question 2
The earliest urban societies so far known emerged in the
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| | First millennium B.C.E | | | Third millennium B.C.E | | | Sixth millennium B.C.E | | | Second millennium B.C.E | | | Fourth millennium B.C.E |
1 points
Question 3
After 3000 B.C.E. all Sumerian cities were ruled by what form of government?
Answer
| | Monarchy | | | Councils of elders | | | Dictators | | | Assemblies of citizens | | | Military governors |
1 points
Question 4
A Babylonian resurgence of power was led in the sixth century B.C.E. by
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| | Nebuchadnezzar | | | Ashurbanipal | | | Solomon | | | Sargon | | | Hammurabi |
1 points
Question 5
The creator of the first empire in Mesopotamia was
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| | Hammurabi | | | Moses | | | Sargon of Akkad | | | Gilgamesh | | | Nebuchadnezzar |
1 points
Question 6
Mesopotamian metalworkers discovered that if they alloyed copper and tin they could produce
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| | Obsidian | | | Steel | | | Iron | | | Silver | | | Bronze |
1 points
Question 7
The word Mesopotamia means
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| | The "pure land." | | | The "land of the strong." | | | "the blood of Gilgamesh." | | | "wedge-shaped." | | | "the land between the rivers." |
1 points
Question 8
Iron metallurgy came to Mesopotamia from the
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| | Hebrews | | | Hittites | | | Phoenicians | | | Egyptians | | | Assyrians |
1 points
Question 9
Enkidu was
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| | The Sumerian god of wisdom | | | A leading Sumerian city-state | | | The most powerful Babylonian king | | | Gilgamesh's friend | | | The Hebrew word for