Empire Builders – Quiz

  1. Nebuchadnezzar II was the most famous ruler of the _________ empire
  2. The ______ civilization is credited with being the first to develop currency.
  3. True/False: It can be proved historically that money originated as a way for governments to manage commerce in their territories more efficiently.
  4. True/False: The Assyrian armies made a practice of deporting conquered populations from their homes and scattering them throughout the Assyrian Empire in an attempt to assimilate them.
  5. Which civilization is credited with the invention of the alphabet?
  6. Which military technology were the Hittites one of the first peoples to master?
  7. Which of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world was located in Babylon?
  8. Zoroastrianism became the dominant religion of the ________ civilization; it posits an ongoing struggle between the good god _________ and the evil god Ahriman.
  9. _______ was the capital of the Assyrian Empire.

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  1. Chaldean (or Neo-Babylonian)
  2. Lydian
  3. False
  4. True
  5. Phoenicians
  6. ironworking
  7. Hanging Gardens
  8. Persian; Ahuramazda
  9. Nineveh