EUB253 End of Year Quiz

The Ancient Mesopotamian civilisations of Sumer, Akkad, Babylon and Assyria had similar pantheons?

• True

• False

The inscriptions on ancient bronze age vessels clearly show the kings using ___________ to legitimise their rule.

• Hereditary lineage

• Ziggurats

• Religion

• Geography

Hammurabi was only interested in legal equality for his people and did not let religion influence his code of laws.

• True

• False

What is the name if the Neo-Assyrian King who used fear, propaganda, deportation, extensive civic programs and a permanent standing army to maintain his power over his growing empire?

• Hammurabi

• Tiglath-pileser III

• Sargon

• Naram-Sin

The Egyptian Pharaoh who decided to make everyone follow his monotheistic beliefs as a way of maintaining power over his people was:

• Tutankhamun

• Akhetaten

• Amenhotep IV

• Akhenaten

Who was the historian who re-discovered Hatshepsut in 1927 and assumed the damage was caused by her step-son hating her because she was a woman?

• Winlock

• Akhenaten

• Syme

• Herodotus

Who was the Queen who slowly became depicted with a male body, beard and headdress throughout her reign?

• Arsinoe II

• Nefertiti

• Cleopatra

• Hatshepsut

What was the word for Greek city state that was of the upmost importance to the Greek citizens.

• Acropolis

• Barbar

• Polis

• Idiotai

The name of the polis which believed everyone should believe in democracy (and also that they are the smartest and best)

• Sparta

• Corinth

• Thebes

• Athens

The name of the polis which believed everyone should fight or be at fun festivals all of the time (and also that they were the toughest and best)

• Thebes

• Athens

• Sparta

• Plataea