Mesopotamia

These people built a great army to protect their lands from invasion

• Egyptians

• Chaldeans

• Babylonians

• Assyrians

Who was the king of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia?

• Sargon

• Paul

• Hammurabi

• Gilgamesh

Which of the following were members of the upper class?

• artisans

• kings and priests

• merchants and traders

• scribes

To support Babylon's Building projects and military, Nebuchadnezzar

• stole from other city-states

• started wars throughout the region

• collected very high taxes from his people

• required traveling merchants to pay tribute to Babylon

A mixture of copper and tin is called

• amber

• brass

• bronze

• platinum

The Epic of Gilgamesh was a long poem written in

• cuneiform

• English

• Indo-European

• Hieroglypics

One factor that contributed to the success of the Assyrian army was its ____________ weapons

• bronze

• gold

• iron

• bronze

Who created and ruled the Babylonian Empire?

• Hammurabi

• Marduk

• Nabopolassar

• Sargon

Chaldean astronomers mapped

• the phases of the moon

• the path from Earth to Mars

• the distance between constellations

• the locations of asteroids in the Milky way

The Chaldeans of Babylon were the first people to

• follow a seven-day week

• use wheels for transportation

• sell goods to traveling merchants

• build a ziggurat in the town center