Writing and City Life

Mesopotamia is now the part of which country.

• Egypt

• Iran

• Republic of Iraq

Important city of the southern part of Mesopotamia after 2000 BCE.

• Babylon

• Assyria

• Baghdad

The first known language of Mesopotamia.

• Sumerian

• Akkadian

• Aramaic

Name the two sites of Mesopotamia where the excavations continued for decades.

• Harappa and Mohenjo- daro

• Uruk and Mari

• Nimrud and Assur

From which word Cuneiform is derived?

• Greek

• Latin

• Chinese

• Mayan

In the 2000 BCE, the city that flourished as the royal capital of Mesopotamia was_____.

• Ur

• Mari

• Mohenjodaro

• Kalibangan

With which person, the first event of Sumerian trade is associated?

• The ancient ruler of Uruk city, Enmerkar

• The ancient ruler of Lebanon city, Enmerkar

• The ancient ruler of Nile city, Enmerkar

• The ancient ruler of Aral city, Enmerkar

Inanna was the Goddess of

• Moon

• Love and war

• Wind

• Fire

The earliest temples in Southern Mesopotamia were built-in_____.

• c.4000 BCE

• c. 5000 BCE

• c.6000 BCE

• c.7000 BCE

Mesopotamian weapons were prominently made of_____.

• Bronze

• Copper

• Stone

• Iron