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Quiz: Sumer

  1. When was Sumer founded?

    • c. 4500 BCE, with the first cities; Uruk the greatest of them
    • c. 2334 BCE, by Sargon of Akkad
    • c. 3100 BCE, the Two Lands united under the first pharaoh
    • c. 5300 BCE, with the first farming towns; cities from about 4000 BCE
    Answer

    c. 4500 BCE, with the first cities; Uruk the greatest of them — Founded: c. 4500 BCE, with the first cities; Uruk the greatest of them.

  2. When did Sumer end?

    • c. 1900 BCE, absorbed by the Amorite kingdoms and then Babylon
    • 30 BCE, death of Cleopatra; Egypt became a Roman province
    • c. 2154 BCE, amid invasion and drought
    • 539 BCE, when Cyrus the Great took Babylon for Persia
    Answer

    c. 1900 BCE, absorbed by the Amorite kingdoms and then Babylon — Ended: c. 1900 BCE, absorbed by the Amorite kingdoms and then Babylon.

  3. Where was the heartland of Sumer?

    • Southern Mesopotamia, in present day Iraq
    • The Nile valley, capitals Memphis and Thebes
    • Central Mesopotamia, capital at Akkad
    • The Tigris Euphrates valley, in present day Iraq and eastern Syria
    Answer

    Southern Mesopotamia, in present day Iraq — Heartland: Southern Mesopotamia, in present day Iraq.

  4. True or false: Sumer was the first urban civilization, in the marshy south of Mesopotamia.

    • True
    • False
    Answer

    True — True. Sumer was the first urban civilization, in the marshy south of Mesopotamia.