History QUIZZES
NEW Sumer quiz
1. In which region was the Sumer civilization founded?
2. Around 5500 BC, a farming people who may have spoken the Sumerian language settled in Mesopotamia. Who were they?
3. What was invented by the Sumerians in about 3300 BC?
4. Every large Sumerian city was centred on a step-sided temple. What was it called?
5. The first written work of literature, The Epic of Gilgamesh, tells of the adventures of the mythical king of which Sumerian city?
6. Much of what know about the early history of Sumer originally came from what?
7. Who was the only woman to rule Sumer?
8. Who was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire?
9. Which Sumerian king established a legal code by which everyone in the kingdom would receive the same justice?
10. Which device did Sumerian farmers invent to help them work the land?
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