Mesopotamia

2000 B.C.E

A period of chaos existed in Mesopotamia where no single dynasty controlled the river-valley. What year B.C.E did this start?

False. Bronze.

An alloy of copper and tin is called steel. True or False?

The Old Babylonian Dynasty

Another name for the Amorites' dynasty in Mesopotamia is what?

The Neolithic Age

Another name for the New Stone Age is what?

The Tigris and Euphrates

Between what two rivers is Mesopotamia located?

Wedge

Cuneiform comes from the Latin "cuneus", which means what?

False. It used ideograms and pictographs to display entire pronunciations.

Cuneiform writing, which included over 600 symbols, was a phonetic alphabet. True or False?

Wood and Stone

During the Old Stone Age, human tools were fashioned principally from what?

The Family , Ownership of Land, and Commercial Transactions.

Hammurabi's Code dealt principally with legislation regarding what three things?

False. He was king of the Amorites.

Hammurabi's Code was created by King Hammurabi of the Hittites. True or False?

Land between the rivers.

Mesopotamia means what?

A Sexagesimal, or a base 60 system.

Numbers in Mesopotamian culture were calculated on what system?

100 Years. This, oddly enough, is also a typical amount of time per unified reighn era in ancient Mesopotamia.

Sargon unified many Sumerian city-states and established an empire that unified Mesopotamia and some surrounding territories. This empire lasted how long?

False. The Fertile Crescent contains the Tigris-Euphrates valley and the Nile River valley. The Indus river is in India, while the Fertile Crescent is contained to Iran, Syria, and Egypt.

The Fertile Crescent includes the Indus river. True or False?

The Hittites

The Hurrians established the kingdom of Mitanni in the upper Tigris-Euphrates valley around 1500 B.C.E. What group conquered the Hurrians?

The End of the Ice Age

The New Stone Age started right after what large event?

True

The Old Babylonian Dynasty lasted for about 300 years, from 1900-1600 B.C.E. True or False?

25,000 B.C.E.

The Old Stone Age, which is the earliest phase of technological progress, is dated around what time B.C.E?

True

The Third Dynasty of Ur ruled for about 100 years. True or False?

Cuneiform

The ancient Mesopotamian writing that used a stylus to create wedge-shaped strokes is called what?

The Bronze Age

The appearance of cities in the Fertile Crescent, marked around 3000 B.C.E, marked the beginning of which event in Mesopotamia and the surrounding area?

False. It was located on the Euphrates River.

The capital of the Old Babylonian Dynasty (Babylon) was located on the banks of the Tigris River. True or False?

True

The earliest cities in Mesopotamia arose about 3200 B.C.E. True or False?

Twelve

The epic of Gilgamesh was written on how many cuneiform tablets?

True. These epics also tell the story of a great flood (i.e Noah's flood).

The epics of Gilgamesh and Enuma Elish are examples of Mesopotamian literature. True or False?

False. Stone tools were refined, animals domesticated, agriculture developed, and villages began to be created.

The key principals of the New Stone Age, which is said to have started around 8000 B.C.E, include the smelting of Iron and the expansion of the Assyrians into Egypt. True or False?

False. It was called Sumer.

The southern region of Mesopotamia was called the Gaza strip. True or False?

The Kassites

What group of invaders established themselves as rulers of Mesopotamia after the Old Babylonian Dynasty?

The Paleolithic Age

What is another name for the Old Stone Age?

2371-2316 B.C.E

What years did King Sargon, king of the Akkadians, live?

Around 4000 B.C.E, according to secular historians.

When did the Akkadians settle in the Tigris-Euphrates valley?

In river valleys, such as Mesopotamia.

Where did cities first arise?

The Fertile Crescent

Where did civilization first appear in the Ancient Near East?

Ur

Which Sumerian city rebelled against the Sargon empire of the Akkadians?

To lead to more efficient use of the water.

Why did the sovereign states of Sumer want to unify the entire Tigris-Euphrates river valley?

False. Writing was originally used for keeping track of business transactions, and other economic records.

Writing in the ancient Near East was originally used for entertainment purposes. True or False?