AC Study

The world's first form of writing developed by the Sumerians.

• Pictographs

• Cuneiform

• Symbolic

• Hieroglyphics

Two famous rivers in Mesopotamia are the:

• Nile and Amazon

• Tigris and Nile

• Nile and Euphrates

• Tigris and Euphrates

This civilization built one of the first libraries in the Ancient world.

• Assyrians

• Phoenicians

• Hebrews

• Babylonians

Which civilization wrote down the first formal laws and built ziggurats?

• Hittites

• Babylonians

• Phoenicans

• Persians

Which civilization wrote down the first formal laws and built ziggurats?

• Hittites

• Babylonians

• Phoenicans

• Persians

Ancient professional writers were known as:

• Artisans

• Authors

• Scribes

• Pictographers

The most important Sumerian invention was:

• Alphabet

• War chariot

• Ziggurats

• Written language

Mesopotamia was composed of several independent:

• Provinces

• Empires

• City-states

• Countries

Land with different territories and people under a single rule:

• Province

• City-state

• Civilization

• Empire

The stage by which a society or place reaches an advanced stage of social development.

• Civilization

• Empire

• Province

• City-state