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1. The King who released Babylonia from Assyrian domination in 625 BCE was
A. (a) Alexander.
B. (b) Nabonidus.
C. (c) Nabopolassar.
D. (d) Sargon.
2. Which language replaced the Sumerian language after 2400 BCE?
A. (a) Mesopotamian language
B. (b) Akkadian language
C. (c) Chinese language
D. (d) Middle Eastern language
4. The technological landmark witnessed by the urban economy of the city of Uruk was
A. (a) bronze tools
B. (b) construction of brick columns
C. (c) potter’s wheel
D. (d) oil pressing technique
5. In the 2000 BCE, the city that flourished as the royal capital of Mesopotamia was
A. (a) Ur.
B. (b) Mari.
C. (c) Mohenjodaro.
D. (d) Kalibangan.
6. The Achaemenids of Iran conquered Babylon in
A. (a) 639 BCE.
B. (b) 539 BCE.
C. (c) 439 BCE.
D. (d) 339 BCE.
7. Genus is the branch of the:
A. (a) Hominids
B. (b) Hominoids
C. (c) Neanderthalensis
D. (d) Australopithecus
8. Fossils found in the ______ were called Homo neanderthalensis.
A. (a) Barun Valley
B. (b) Hunza Valley
C. (c) Neander Valley
D. (d) Lidder Valley
9. The Mesopotamian city, which was systematically excavated in the 1930s, was
A. (a) Uruk.
B. (b) Ur.
C. (c) Mari.
D. (d) Nineveh.
11. War captives and local people who were put to work for the temple or for the ruler were paid
A. (a) bronze tools.
B. (b) cattle.
C. (c) coins.
D. (d) rations.
12. The earliest temples in Southern Mesopotamia were built-in
A. (a) c.4000 BCE
B. (b) c.5000 BCE
C. (c) c.6000 BCE
D. (d) c.7000 BCE
13. Mesopotamian weapons were prominently made of
A. (a) bronze.
B. (b) copper.
C. (c) stone.
D. (d) iron.
14. The Mesopotamian ruler who became the king of Akkad, in 2370 BCE, was
A. (a) Enmerkar
B. (b) Gilgamesh
C. (c) Hamurabi
D. (d) Sargon
15. Inanna was the Goddess of
A. (a) the Moon
B. (b) love and War
C. (c) wind
D. (d) fire
16. In ______ part of South Iran, the first cities and writing emerged.
A. (a) plain
B. (b) deserted
C. (c) mountainous
D. (d) hilly
17. Agriculture of southern ______ was the most productive.
A. (a) Iran
B. (b) China
C. (c) Mesopotamia
D. (d) None of the above
18. Which region is important to Europeans because of references to it in the Old Testament,
A. (a) Iran
B. (b) Turkey
C. (c) Syria
D. (d) Mesopotamia
19. From which word Cuneiform is derived from?
A. (a) Latin
B. (b) Greek
C. (c) Chinese
D. (d) Mayan
20. With which person the first event of Sumerian trade is associated?
A. (a) The ancient ruler of Uruk City, Enmerkar.
B. (b) The ancient ruler of Lebanon City, Enmerkar.
C. (c) The ancient ruler of Nile City, Enmerkar.
D. (d) The ancient ruler of Aral City, Enmerkar.
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