Mesopotamian Civilization and Culture

The video provides a historical overview of Mesopotamia, highlighting its geographical significance and early developments. It covers the rise of Uruk, the invention of cuneiform writing, and the emergence of city-states. The narrative progresses through the Akkadian Empire's rise and fall, followed by the dominance of Babylonian and Assyrian empires. The video concludes with the decline of these powers and the Persian conquest, marking the end of Mesopotamian civilization as it integrates into the Persian Empire.

What are the two rivers that irrigate the plains of Mesopotamia?

• Nile and Amazon

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Danube and Rhine

• Ganges and Indus

Around what year did the domestication of wheat and barley occur in Mesopotamia?

• 4000 BCE

• 6000 BCE

• 3000 BCE

• 5000 BCE

Which city is considered the oldest in the world with a population possibly reaching 30,000 inhabitants?

• Babylon

• Nippur

• Ur

• Uruk

What significant invention around 3300 BCE helped manage the large stocks of cereals in Mesopotamia?

• The wheel

• The calendar

• Cuneiform writing

• The plow

Which god became particularly venerated and led to the city of Nippur becoming a religious capital?

• Marduk

• Anu

• Enki

• Enlil

Who was the king that unified the country of Sumer and established his capital at Uruk?

• Gilgamesh

• Lugalzagesi

• Sargon of Akkad

• Hammurabi

Which king is known for creating one of the earliest and most complete written legal codes?

• Sargon of Akkad

• Nebuchadnezzar II

• Ashurbanipal

• Hammurabi

Which people invaded and caused the fall of the Third Dynasty of Ur around 2004 BCE?

• Hittites

• Amorites

• Assyrians

• Persians

Which language became the commercial language of the Near East during the Babylonian period?

• Sumerian

• Akkadian

• Aramaic

• Hebrew

In what year did the Persians conquer Babylon, marking the end of Mesopotamian civilization?

• 331 BCE

• 1200 BCE

• 612 BCE

• 539 BCE