Quiz: Mesopotamian Empires

Which of the following was NOT an achievement of the Assyrians

• They built a large library that housed the knowledge of Mesopotamia

• They were great at mathematics, calculating the length of the day in their base 60 number system

• They invented many new military technologies, such as the battering ram and saddle

• They formed an empire that stretched from modern day Egypt to Iraq

Babylon became an important center of trade because it was

• Centrally located along major trade routes

• Ruled by a people renowned for their banking

• The location of a great library

• Protected by the greatest walls of the ancient world

The first Empire was the

• Babylonian Empire

• Assyrian Empire

• Persian Empire

• Akkadian Empire

The most important ruler of the Chaldean Empire was

• Sargon

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Cyrus II

• Ashurbanipal

The Akkadian Empire was created by

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Sargon

• Ashurbanipal

• Hammurabi

The Assyrian who created the Great Library at Nineveh

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Ashurbanipal

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

The oldest surviving written code of laws was created by

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Ashurbanipal

The Persian Empire was founded by

• Sargon

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Cyrus II

• Ashurbanipal

A land with many different peoples and cultures under one rule

• Kingdom

• Republic

• Empire

• Akkad

The following best describes which empire? "A highly decentralized empire that showed a great amount of religious tolerance. At their height they held land from modern Iran to modern Turkey"

• Babylonians

• Assyrians

• Chaldeans

• Persians