Ancient Mesopotamia - Rulers

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Ancient Mesopotamia - Rulers.

1. What civilization did Gilgamesh rule?
a. Sumerians
b. Akkadian Empire
c. Babylonian Empire
d. Assyrian Empire
e. Persian Empire

2. Who was the first Mesopotamian ruler to claim to be a god?
a. Nabopolassar
b. Nebuchadnezzar II
c. Tiglath-Pileser III
d. Naram-Sin
e. Ashurbanipal

3. What is Hammurabi famous for?
a. Forming the Assyrian Empire
b. Taking on the Greeks in the First Persian War
c. Establishing a written code of laws
d. Conquering Babylon and allowing the Jews to return home
e. Building a massive library in the city of Nineveh

4. What Empire did Sargon the Great establish?
a. Sumerians
b. Akkadian Empire
c. Babylonian Empire
d. Assyrian Empire
e. Persian Empire

5. What is Nebuchadnezzar II famous for?
a. Founding the Babylonian Empire
b. Defeating the Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae
c. Establishing a written code of laws
d. Building the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and sending the Jews into exile
e. Building a massive library in the city of Nineveh

6. What Assyrian Emperor established the world's first professional standing army?
a. Nabopolassar
b. Nebuchadnezzar II
c. Tiglath-Pileser III
d. Naram-Sin
e. Ashurbanipal

7. What civilization did Shamshi-Adad I rule?
a. Sumerians
b. Akkadian Empire
c. Babylonian Empire
d. Assyrian Empire
e. Persian Empire

8. What is Ashurbanipal famous for?
a. Forming the Assyrian Empire
b. Taking on the Greeks in the First Persian War
c. Establishing a written code of laws
d. Conquering Babylon and allowing the Jews to return home
e. Building a massive library in the city of Nineveh

9. Which leader established the Persian Empire?
a. Cyrus the Great
b. Nebuchadnezzar II
c. Tiglath-Pileser III
d. Naram-Sin
e. Ashurbanipal

10. What was Xerxes I famous for?
a. Forth King of Persia
b. Fighting Greece in the Second Persian War
c. Defeating the Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae
d. Losing to the Greeks at the Battle of Salamis
e. All of the above


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