ILISW2: History of Libraries

Question 1

Which ancient university and Buddhist monastic center, dating to the time of the Buddha (6th–5th century BCE), continued to flourish as a center of learning until circa 1200?

Answer 1

Nalanda

Question 2

Which Assyrian king maintained an archive of some 30,000 tablets, comprising transcripts and texts systematically collected from temples throughout his kingdom?

Answer 2

Ashurbanipal

Question 3

A temple in which Babylonian town dating from the first half of the 3rd millennium BCE was found to have a number of rooms filled with clay tablets featuring early depictions of the Great Flood?

Answer 3

Nippur

Question 4

In which ancient Mesopotamian city was the great palace of Zimrilim, which held thousands of archives that extended the knowledge of Assyrian geography and history, located?

Answer 4

Mari

Question 5

Which major educational centre, discovered virtually intact, housed more than 17,000 clay cuneiform tablets and fragments?

Answer 5

Ebla

Question 6

In which ancient city was the magnificent Celsus Library, which once held about 12,000 scrolls?

Answer 6

Ephesus

Question 7

served as a librarian at the Library of Alexandria in the year 245 BC before being named Chief Librarian. He took over this position following the poet Apollonius Rhodius.

Answer 7

Eratosthenes

Question 8

During the emergence of ancient libraries, information are send through?

Answer 8

drawings and symbols

Question 9

What are the three primary ways ancient civilizations cultivated their communications?

Answer 9

Cuneiform, papyrus, & Indus Script

Question 10

During the ancient world, recording and transmitting developed in 6 regions. Which are?

Answer 10

Western Asia, Nile Valley, Nile delta, Southern & Eastern Asia