WorksheetsAncient Mesopotamia Part 4
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped make their army stronger?
how to use more advance weapons such as catapults and battering rams.
how to fight while riding horses.
how to use stronger metals such as iron for weapons.
how to make chariots.
Babylon became rich from trade because it was located on a major trade route between the Mediterranean Sea and the
Red Sea
Euphrates River
Tigris River
Persian Gulf
Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
Nineveh
Which part of Babylon was known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
Hanging Gardens
king's palace
wall around the city
irrigation system
In 539 B.C., the Persians conquered Babylon and the rest of
Europe
Mesopotamia
Antarctica
Under the leadership of _________, the Persian Empire became the largest empire the world had ever seen.
Nebuchadnezzar
Cyrus the Great
Darius
Cyrus the Great treated the conquered people well. He did not require them to change their
religion or culture
hair color
shoe sizes
Assyria was located in the _________ part of Mesopotamia.
Southern
Northern
Eastern
Western
A temple for false gods was called a ___________.
city-state
diaspora
Ziggurat
pyramid
Babylon was located in the _________ part of Mesopotamia.
Southern
Northern
Eastern
Western
What king ruled for 43 years and brought the Babylonian Empire back to its peak including building the famous Hanging Gardens?
Hammurabi
Nabopolassar
Sargon II
Nebuchadnezzar II
What people conquered the Babylonian Empire in 529 BC?
Greeks
Assyrians
Sumerians
Persians
When the Assyrian Empire was at its peak, what lands did it control? (more than 1 answer)
Cyprus
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Israel
Who was the last great King of the Assyrians?
Shamshi-Adad
Tiglath-Pileser III
Sargon II
Ashurbanipal
Who was the main god of the Assyrians?
Ashur
Nimrud
Shamash
Marduk
