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UPSC CDS Ancient Indian History — practice questions — page 5

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The word Mesopotamia comes from Greek words meaning what?Read the answer and worked solution →The urbanised south of Mesopotamia in early recorded history was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Sumerian, the first known language of Mesopotamia, was replaced by which language around 2400 BCE?Read the answer and worked solution →Archaeology in Mesopotamia began in which decade?Read the answer and worked solution →Agriculture in the north-eastern Mesopotamian plains began between which dates?Read the answer and worked solution →The first Mesopotamian tablets, written around 3200 BCE, recorded what?Read the answer and worked solution →The wedge-shaped Mesopotamian script is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Cuneiform writing in Akkadian remained in use until when?Read the answer and worked solution →Which early ruler of Uruk is linked in an epic to the first trade and the invention of writing?Read the answer and worked solution →Around 3000 BCE Uruk grew to about 250 hectares. How did this compare with Mohenjo-daro?Read the answer and worked solution →Mesopotamian seals differed from Indian stamp seals in what way?Read the answer and worked solution →Ur's ordinary houses were dug up in the 1930s. Which feature of Mohenjo-daro did Ur lack?Read the answer and worked solution →The kings of Mari belonged to which people and raised a temple to Dagan, god of the steppe?Read the answer and worked solution →The palace at Mari belonged to which king who ruled 1810-1760 BCE?Read the answer and worked solution →The Gilgamesh Epic was written on how many tablets?Read the answer and worked solution →Dividing the day into 24 hours and the hour into 60 minutes came to us from whom?Read the answer and worked solution →The Assyrian empire was at its height between which years?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Assyrian king collected a library of some 30,000 tablets at Nineveh?Read the answer and worked solution →Who freed Babylonia from Assyrian domination in 625 BCE?Read the answer and worked solution →The Achaemenids of Iran conquered Babylon in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Nabonidus repaired a broken statue inscribed with the name of which king of Akkad?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Mesopotamian citiesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Mesopotamian kingsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Mesopotamian datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the languagesRead the answer and worked solution →Mesopotamia or IndusRead the answer and worked solution →Sort by region and eraRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Mesopotamia bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Roman Republic lasted from 509 BCE until which year, when Octavian overthrew it?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The word Mesopotamia comes from Greek words meaning what?

  1. Twin kingdoms
  2. Between rivers
  3. Fertile land
  4. Land of cities
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Correct answer: B. Between rivers

1. Mesos means middle and potamos means river. 2. So it is the land between rivers. 3. The rivers are Euphrates and Tigris. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 2, Writing and City Life._

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The urbanised south of Mesopotamia in early recorded history was called:

  1. Sumer and Akkad
  2. Assyria and Nineveh
  3. Babylonia and Mari
  4. Aratta and Susa
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Correct answer: A. Sumer and Akkad

1. After 2000 BCE the south was called Babylonia. 2. Earlier it was Sumer and Akkad. 3. The north became Assyria from about 1100 BCE. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 2, Writing and City Life._

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Sumerian, the first known language of Mesopotamia, was replaced by which language around 2400 BCE?

  1. Elamite
  2. Akkadian
  3. Aramaic
  4. Hittite
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Correct answer: B. Akkadian

1. Akkadian speakers arrived around 2400 BCE. 2. Akkadian lasted till Alexander's time. 3. Aramaic trickled in from 1400 BCE. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 2, Writing and City Life._

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