Quick World History quiz

A large civilization comprised between and around two rivers: Tigris and Euphrates

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• China

• Indus Valley

Mesopotamia occupied what today is mainly:

• Iraq

• Egypt

• Iran

• India

Mesopotamian culture. They invented the first ever writing system.

• Sumer

• Akkadia

• Assyria

• Babylon

Large buildings characteristic of the major cities of Mesopotamia.

• Ziggurats

• Pyramids

• Coliseums

• Dolmens

What is the first writing system called?

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphical

• Pictographic

• Ideographic

What period does this image belong to?

• Old Kingdom of Egypt

• Imperio Antiguo de Egipto

• Ptolemaic Egypt

• Hellenistic Egypt

Ancient pristine civilization that preceded what today is the oldest extant country in the world.

• China

• Indus Valley

• Iraq

• Egypt

Sargon the Great founded this powerful empire in Mesopotamia which trumped Sumerian hegemony.

• Akkadia

• Assyria

• Babylon

• Sumer

The Akkadian Empire split off into these two new and rivaling empires.

• Assyria

• Babylon

• Akkadia

• Sumer

Prominent king of Assyria, one of the Wealthiest men in history. He built a grand palace and one of the largest libraries at the time.

• Ashurbanipal

• Nebuchadnezzar II

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi