STUPID AH RETEST

Question 1

Ruler of Assyrian Empire at its Peak

Answer 1

Assurbanipal

Question 2

“the first astronomers”

Answer 2

chaldeans

Question 3

rule by god (or his representatives)

Answer 3

theocracy

Question 4

Another name for land inbetween the rivers

Answer 4

Fertile Crescent

Question 5

another man like “Noah” found in the epic of GILGAMESH

Answer 5

Utnapishtun

Question 6

first great lawgiver

Answer 6

hammurabi

Question 7

first man to unite all of mesopotamia under one empire

Answer 7

Sargon I

Question 8

Step / terraced pyramid with god’s residence at top

Answer 8

ziggurat

Question 9

first ancestor of all the tribes of israel who came from ur

Answer 9

Abraham

Question 10

The last great sumerian city

Answer 10

Ur

Question 11

1.

Answer 11

Ubadians

Question 12

2.

Answer 12

Sumerians

Question 13

3.

Answer 13

Akkadians

Question 14

4.

Answer 14

Babylonians

Question 15

5.

Answer 15

Assyrians

Question 16

6.

Answer 16

Chaldeans

Question 17

Aside from BAbylonians & Sumerians (they had mixed semitic associations) which groups were semitic

Answer 17

Assyrians & Akkadians (2 A’s)

Question 18

Neo-Bablylonians

Answer 18

Chaldeans

Question 19

It has been said that mesopotamia has been built on

Answer 19

clay

Question 20

mesopotamia (which means land _______ the rivers in Greek) lies between these two rivers ______ & _________

Answer 20

Inbetween, Tigris, Euphrates

Question 21

The _____ people developed the writing system which is called _______, and later Mesopotamian peoples adapted it for use with their own different languages

Answer 21

Sumerian, cuneiform

Question 22

The name for their writing system comes from “cuneus,” a word that means _______ in the _____ language

Answer 22

wedge, latin

Question 23

the ________ people, led by Sargon I, developed an empire near present day Baghdad

Answer 23

Akkadian

Question 24

The main god of the babylonians was Marduk, their god of _______

Answer 24

Justice

Question 25

On the stele that proclaimed their famous law code, who is shown handing the laws to the king?

Answer 25

Shamash

Question 26

Although the idea of an eye for an eye sounds harsj to us, it was deisigned to prevent the chaos by replacing cycles of blood vengeance with a sever but measured brand of ________

Answer 26

justice

Question 27

what 2 great mesopotamian civilizations both used babylon as their capital

Answer 27

babylonians and chaldeans

Question 28

which mesopotamian civilization, had their first capital at assur

Answer 28

assyrians

Question 29

which mesopotamian civilization was not only known for their merciless military power, but also for their effective way of ruling a large empire with regional governors, a network of roads, a postal system, and forced movements of peoples to reduce resistance

Answer 29

addyrians

Question 30

The "Samaritans" were descendants of colonists who were forced bu the _____s to relocate in Samaria (To supress rebellions elsewhere in their empire), and who later intermarried with the local jewish population,

Answer 30

assyrian(s)

Question 31

the lost tribed of ______ were also victims of the same forced colonization policy

Answer 31

israel

Question 32

the second assyrian capital was the city of Nineveh, where a great royal library was later built by king _________

Answer 32

assurbanipal

Question 33

which asyrian king destroyed babylon? _______ which one rebuilt it

Answer 33

Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar II

Question 34

The "Neo babylonians" needed the help of outsiders (Medes and _________)to defeat the assyrians

Answer 34

Persian

Question 35

Nebuchadnezzar built one of the wonders of the ancient world for his wife. Which one wonder was it

Answer 35

the hanging gardens of babylon

Question 36

what civilization did nebuchadnezzar rule

Answer 36

chaldeans

Question 37

the babylonian captivity was a period of more than 70 years when thousands oh the _______ people were held captive in babylon after resisting the power of the chaldeans

Answer 37

hebrew

Question 38

the persian ruler ____managed to get help from the priests of Marduk to overthrow the neo babylonians and is praised in the bible for letting the captive jews return home

Answer 38

Cyrus

Question 39

Our seven day week was first established by the chaldeans because they would worship different gids every day, represented by the ___, ____ and the five ____ closest to earth.

Answer 39

sun, moon, planets

Question 40

AFter the assyrians forced jews from samaria into another part of their empire they came to be reffered as the ________ _________ of israel

Answer 40

lost tribes

Question 41

give the exact year that the chaldeans, persians & medes overthrew the assyrians

Answer 41

612 bc

Question 42

the most famous work of sumerian lit. is the epic of

Answer 42

gilgamesh