Gilgamesh was
a king of the city-state of Uruk.
Which of the following is not true of the land called Mesopotamia?
It is a land of abundant rainfall and fertile plains.
Which of the following did Sumerian cities and their governments do?
organize work on building projects, rule over the area surrounding the city, oversee the construction and maintenance of irrigation systems, organize the defense of the city against attacks.
Sargon of Akkad
was a Sumerian ruler, built the capital city of Babylon, inherited the kingship from his father, was a gifted administrator and warrior.
In Hammurabi's code you would be unlikely to find
laws that indicate a suspect is innocent until proven guilty.
Which of the following peoples did not rule a Mesopotamian empire?
the Jews.
Which of the following was the latest invention?
iron metallurgy.
Which of the following is true of the social classes of ancient Mesopotamia?
Priests and priestesses were powerful rulers over temple communities.
Cuneiform writing
involved wedge-shaped symbols pressed onto clay with a reed.
Which of the following was not a form of written documentation from Mesopotamia?
instructions on mummification of bodies.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
recounts the adventures of Gilgamesh and his friend, describes the hero's efforts to attain immortality, explored relations between humans and the gods, contemplates the meaning of life and death.
The Hebrews
were not: settled agriculturalists, led out of Palestine by Abraham, always monotheists, the first Indo-Europeans to settle in southwest Asia.
The religious beliefs of the Israelites after Moses included
monotheism.
After the tenth century B.C.E., the Israelites experienced
the division of the kingdom of Israel, conquest by the Assyrians, the destruction of Jerusalem by the New Babylonian empire, the return of deportees to Judea where they became known as Jews
The Phoenicians
were prosperous based on their sea trade and commercial networks.
According to the excerpt "Israelites" Relations with Neighboring Peoples,
Solomon sent laborers to Hiram.
Which of the following is not associated with the Phoenicians?
agriculture.
Who first deduced the existence of an Indo-European culture?
nineteenth-century linguists.
The key element in the expansion of the Indo-Europeans from their homeland was
horses.
Which of the following was not an area to which the Indo-Europeans migrated?
east and southeast Asia.