Mesopotamia: The First Cities
Between the Tigris and Euphrates, people built the world's first cities, invented writing, and wrote down the first laws. Explore the cradle of civilization.
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- Question 1 of 3
Mesopotamia lay between which two rivers?Tap an answer
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- The wheel was in use in ancient Mesopotamia.True / False
- What is a ziggurat?Multiple Choice
- Which people are credited with building the first cities in Sumer?Multiple Choice
- What material did Mesopotamian scribes write on, dug from the riverbanks? (one word)Type Answer
- The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest known works of literature.True / False
- Why did farming thrive in Mesopotamia despite little rainfall?Multiple Choice
- Mesopotamian mathematics used a counting system based on which number?Multiple Choice
- Which famous gardens were said to have been built in Babylon?Multiple Choice
- What do we call a person trained to read and write in the ancient world? (one word)Type Answer
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