What do you call the writing system developed in Sumer, in Mesopotamia? It was written on clay tablets using a reed.
Cuneiform
What does "Mesopotamia" mean in Greek?
between two rivers
True or False? Mesopotamia was a very dry region
TRUE
Mesopotamian civilisation was developed between which two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
What were used to take water from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
irrigation canals
City-states in Mesopotamia were ruled by _____
kings
True or False? In 3000 BC, the Sumerians lived in independent city-states like Uruk and Ur.
TRUE
Who conquered the Sumerian city-states in 2300 BC?
King Sargon
True or False? In 2300 BC, King Sargon conquered the Sumerian city-states and founded the Babylonian empire.
FALSE
True or False? The first Babylonian Empire was established after 1800 BC.
FALSE
In the 7th Century BC, the Assyrian Empire stretched from the Mediterranean to the _____
Persian Gulf
True or False? The Neo-Babylonian Empire was founded in the 21st Century.
FALSE
Nebuchadnezzar II was the most famous ruler of which empire?
The Neo-Babylonian Empire
What was the biggest city in the world 5000 years ago?
Uruk in Sumer
How did the Mesopotamian civilisation come to an end?
The Persians conquered the region in the 6th century
