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WorksheetsAncient Mesopotamia: Akkadians and Assyrians I
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
What peoples came before the Akkadians in the land of Mesopotamia?
Babylonians
Assyrian
Sumerian
Greek
What language did the Akkadians speak?
Sumerian
Akkadian
Arabic
None of them.
What Akkadian leader rose to power and first united Mesopotamia under one rule?
Gilgamesh
Naram Sin
Sargon the Great
Shamshi-Adad
What period of time in history did the Akkadians rule the land of Mesopotamia?
3300 BCE to 3000 BCE
2700 BCE to 2000 BCE
2500 BCE to 2400 BCE
2300 BCE to 2100 BCE
What were the Assyrians most known for?
Their peaceful rule of the lands they conquered
Inventing the first form of writing
Their fearsome army and warriors
Their poetry
What metal did the Assyrians use to make their weapons, chariots, and tools strong?
Bronze
Gold
Iron
Copper
Around what year did the last of the Assyrian Empires fall to the Babylonians?
2100 BCE
744 BCE
5400 BCE
612 BCE
When the Assyrian Empire was at its peak, what lands did it control?
Egypt and Middle East
Nineveh
Rome
Only Egypt.
Who was the first king of the Assyrians to create an empire after the Akkadian Empire fell apart?
Arshubanipal
Nebuchadnezzar
Sargon the Great
Shamshi-Adad
Assyrian Empire lived in
(a)
