* Which of these lists gives the empires in the order that they arose?
* From what city-state did Sargon the Great, carve out the world's first empire that spanned the 'Known World?'
* Along with a code of laws and 'little gods', the reign of Hammurabi, of Babylonia, can claim fame to which other (mathematical) achievement?
* What did the Kassites, the rulers after Hammurabi's descendants in Babylonia share with Europeans?
* What was the kingdom between the Hittite empire and the lands of Babylonia?
* Of the Hittites, while King Suppiluliumas (1375-35) made all the headlines in Egypt in Syria, his predecessor Mursilis I, in 1590, had his 15 minutes of fame by invading where?
* Which city-state would the peoples of the Babylonia areas consider a backwater, until the Assyrians became a full fledged empire with an attitude?
* Nineveh was made the capital of the Assyrian empire by which king?
* Esarhaddon, Sennacherib's successor, conquered which ancient nation?
* Nebuchadnezzar ruled in which kingdoms' period?
* From which modern day country did the Persian empire have its humble beginnings?
* Like Esarhaddon of the Assyrians, Cyrus's son Cambyses would conquer which land?
* The Mesopotamian civilization appears to have risen in the valley between what two rivers?
* The word Mesopotamia, which means "between the rivers", comes from what language?
* The founders of the Mesopotamian civilization are called:
* All of the following are examples of Sumerian city-states EXCEPT:
* What was the name of the famous Akkadian king, who conquered Sumer and extended his empire around 2340 B.C.?
* What important event happened in Mesopotamian history about 2125 B.C.?
* Which of the following statements are true about slavery in Mesopotamian civilization?
* The writing system invented by the Sumerians is known as: