How was cuneiform writing done?
Tools were used to carve cuneiform into stone tablets
A brush was dipped in ink and brushed across papyrus
A pointy stick was pushed into damp clay
A pointed bone was pressed into a thick leaf
The development of irrigation was very important for settlers of Mesopotamia because:
land near to the rivers lacked fertility.
there was no water in Mesopotamia.
some portions of the land was dry and largely uninhabitable.
All the above
Who wrote on tablets of clay ?
Harrappans
Mesopotamians
Chinese
All of these
Who was Sargon the Great?
High Priest of Babylon
Scholar in Sumeria
Mathematician of Mesopotamia
Emperor of Akkad
In Sumeria, what did the term 'lugal' mean?
Slave
Philosopher
Military Leader
King
Name the major rivers in Mesopotamia?
Nile and Euphrates
Tigris and Mediterranean
Nile and Tigris
Tigris and Euphrates
Who built "The Great Ziggurat of Ur" ?
King Nebuchadnezzar II
Cyrus The Great
King Hammurabi
King Ur-Nammu
The terms "Mesopotamia" is derived from which language?
French
Arab
Greek
Roman
Who amongst the following implemented the system of laws?
Zabaia
What form of writing did the Sumerians use?
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Both a and b
None of these
