Quiz 3: Assyrian and Babylonian Civilizations

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The history of Assyria was short and tragic.

False

Through his laws, we know that Hammurabi was in favor of free enterprise.

False

When Judah submitted to Assyria, Daniel and others were taken captive.

False

Ashur was the chief god of the:

Assyrians

At Carchemish in 605 B.C., Nebuchadnezzar defeated _____.

Egypt

Assyrians were excellent in the art of war, but they treated their captives kindly.

False

Hammurabi's law code and the Law of Moses were identical in what they said although they were written by different people.

False

God used Assyria to punish ________ for its idolatry.

Israel

Which prophet warned the kings of Judah against resisting Babylon?

Jeremiah

In 598 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar went to war with Judah and besieged the capital city of ________.

Jerusalem

Ahab of Israel joined with Hadadezer of Damascus and others in an anti-Assyrian coalition.

True

Hammurabi is best known for his law code.

True

Nimrod built the first city on the site of Babylon and called it Babel.

True

The Babylonians produced the Gilgamesh Epic, which included both a creation story and a story of a flood.

True

The Babylonians were one of the first people to use the mathematical concept of zero.

True

The fall of Nineveh was prophesied by Nahum.

True

Assyrian writing tablets were made mostly of what material?

clay

The Assyrians were the only people of their time to use arrows tipped with_______.

iron


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