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Mesopotamia Obscura Trivia Quiz

From before Akkad to after Zorastherism, let's take a trip to the land netween the rivers and their neighbors. All dates are BCE by the way.

A multiple-choice quiz by kopf. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
kopf

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
56,975

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. Which of these lists gives the empires in the order that they arose? Hint

Maoists, Sumer-Akkadian, Mennonites, Calvinists

Neo-Babylonian, Assyrian, Sumerian, Hurrian, Akkadian

Sumerian-Akkadian, Babylonian, Kassite, Hittite, Assyrian, Persian

Sumerian, Cretan, Huan Dynasty, Mormons

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Question 2 of 15

2. From what city-state did Sargon the Great, carve out the world's first empire that spanned the 'Known World?' Hint

Alexandria

Agade

Antioch

Thebes

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Question 3 of 15

3. Naram-Sim, Sargon's grandson, reunified the 'Four Quarters of the World'. But was he the last of the Sumerian-Akkadian kings to rule an empire of any size?

Yes

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Question 4 of 15

4. Along with a code of laws and 'little gods', the reign of Hammurabi, of Babylonia, can claim fame to the Pythagorean Theorem.

True

False

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Question 5 of 15

5. What did the Kassites, the rulers after Hammurabi's descendants in Babylonia share with Europeans? Hint

iron swords

language

similar religion

currency

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Question 6 of 15

6. What was the kingdom between the Hittite empire and the lands of Babylonia? Hint

Phrygia

Egypt

Indus

Mittani

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Question 7 of 15

7. Of the Hittites, while King Suppiluliumas (1375-35 BC) made all the headlines in Egypt in Syria, his predecessor Mursilis I, in 1590 BC, had his 15 minutes of fame by invading where? Hint

Babylon

Ilyeria

Britain

Carthage

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Question 8 of 15

8. Which city-state would the peoples of the Babylonia areas consider a backwater, until the Assyrians became a full fledged empire with an attitude? Hint

Dejong

Matua

Ashur

Hattiland

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Question 9 of 15

9. Nineveh was made the capital of the Assyrian empire by which king? Hint

Tut

Henry I

Arthur

Sennacherib

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Question 10 of 15

10. Esarhaddon, Sennacherib's successor, conquered which ancient nation? Hint

Italy

Golgul

Scythia

Egypt

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Question 11 of 15

11. Nebuchadnezzar ruled in which kingdoms' period? Hint

Symunn and Garphunkal

Dallas and Thebeworth

Chaldean and Median

Minneapolis and St. Paul

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which modern day country was once the heartland of the Persian Empire? Hint

Canaan

South Ohio

Iran

Israel

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Question 13 of 15

13. Like Esarhaddon of the Assyrians, Cyrus's son Cambyses would conquer which land? Hint

Pittsburgh

Sparta

Isoporterinol

Egypt

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Question 14 of 15

14. Darius was the Persian king that started to get serious about those Greeks at the west end of his realm.

True

False

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Question 15 of 15

15. Where would the Greek fleets and Persian Armada fight three indecisive sea battles while the famous battle of Thermopylae took place?

Answer: (Before the Greeks had to fall back to Salamis)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these lists gives the empires in the order that they arose?

Answer: Sumerian-Akkadian, Babylonian, Kassite, Hittite, Assyrian, Persian

Some historians describe the Hittite culture as late Chaldean, others have insisted that they are distinctly different cultures.

2. From what city-state did Sargon the Great, carve out the world's first empire that spanned the 'Known World?'

Answer: Agade

Sargon was said to come from humble origins, a gardener at the temple of Ishtar and an orphan.

3. Naram-Sim, Sargon's grandson, reunified the 'Four Quarters of the World'. But was he the last of the Sumerian-Akkadian kings to rule an empire of any size?

Answer: No

The Sumerians arose again in the Third Dynasty of UR (2150-1950). Gudea of Lagash is an example of a ruler from this time period.

4. Along with a code of laws and 'little gods', the reign of Hammurabi, of Babylonia, can claim fame to the Pythagorean Theorem.

Answer: False

Some historians believe they knew/understood the formula, at best, some 1,000 years before Pythagoas (c 570-495 BC). However, Pythagoras was the first to record proof of the theorem.

5. What did the Kassites, the rulers after Hammurabi's descendants in Babylonia share with Europeans?

Answer: similar religion

The Kassites, though they spoke a Semitic langauge, worshipped a Sun-God.

6. What was the kingdom between the Hittite empire and the lands of Babylonia?

Answer: Mittani

The Hurrian culture of Mittani heavily influenced the Hittites in language and religion.

7. Of the Hittites, while King Suppiluliumas (1375-35 BC) made all the headlines in Egypt in Syria, his predecessor Mursilis I, in 1590 BC, had his 15 minutes of fame by invading where?

Answer: Babylon

It is said that this invasion paved the way for the Kassite dominance which came later.

8. Which city-state would the peoples of the Babylonia areas consider a backwater, until the Assyrians became a full fledged empire with an attitude?

Answer: Ashur

Named after the city's god, Ashur, the Sun God.

9. Nineveh was made the capital of the Assyrian empire by which king?

Answer: Sennacherib

Sennacherib (704-687) added the Greek colony of Cilicia to his reign.

10. Esarhaddon, Sennacherib's successor, conquered which ancient nation?

Answer: Egypt

He also restored Babylon as a city.

11. Nebuchadnezzar ruled in which kingdoms' period?

Answer: Chaldean and Median

He was the builder of the Hanging Gardens. He lived from BC605-562.

12. Which modern day country was once the heartland of the Persian Empire?

Answer: Iran

Achaemenes is the first listed king of the Persians, but a bright star by the name of Cyrus in 550 could be said to have kick-started the empire.

13. Like Esarhaddon of the Assyrians, Cyrus's son Cambyses would conquer which land?

Answer: Egypt

In 525, Cambyses and his Iranian nobility had conquered all of the Middle East.

14. Darius was the Persian king that started to get serious about those Greeks at the west end of his realm.

Answer: True

The Athenians were defeated at Marathon, ten years before Xerxes invaded.
The Greek citizens of Phocea and Teos fled to the west Mediterranean before Cyrus got there. Darius attempted to conquer the Scythians on the Russian steppes. After the battle of Marathon, he had to attend to a revolt in Egypt. Xerxes would build up a navy and a massive army to attempt to subjugate the Greek peninsulas.

15. Where would the Greek fleets and Persian Armada fight three indecisive sea battles while the famous battle of Thermopylae took place?

Answer: Artemisium

Xerxes had lost so many of his elite guard by the Spartans delaying action at Thermopylae, that he vindictively crucified the already decapitated body of Leonidas the Spartan commander.

Source: Author kopf

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