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Jemdet Nasr period
  • 1. In which modern-day country is the Jemdet Nasr period located?
A) Iraq
B) Iran
C) Turkey
D) Syria
  • 2. What is the generally accepted date range for the Jemdet Nasr period?
A) 3300 to 3100 BC
B) 3000 to 2800 BC
C) 3100 to 2900 BC
D) 3200 to 3000 BC
  • 3. The Jemdet Nasr period developed out of which preceding period?
A) Uruk period
B) Ninevite V period
C) Early Dynastic I period
D) Ubaid period
  • 4. Which period follows the Jemdet Nasr period?
A) Ubaid period
B) Uruk period
C) Early Dynastic I period
D) Proto-Elamite period
  • 5. Who was the director of the excavations at Tell al-Uhaymir in 1925?
A) Stephen Herbert Langdon
B) A Baghdad conference official
C) A German excavator from Shuruppak
D) A French antiquities dealer
  • 6. In what year was the Jemdet Nasr period officially defined at a conference in Baghdad?
A) 1926
B) 1930
C) 1915
D) 1903
  • 7. How many clay tablets were discovered by Langdon at Tell Jemdet Nasr in 1926?
A) 10 to 50
B) 200 to 250
C) 36
D) 150 to 180
  • 8. What type of pottery is associated with the Jemdet Nasr period?
A) Simple unpainted
B) Bronze-age metallic
C) Monochrome and polychrome
D) Glazed terracotta
  • 9. The tablets originally thought to be from Tell Jemdet Nasr were likely from where?
A) Tell Fara
B) Tell al-Uhaymir
C) Tell Uqair
D) Abu Salabikh
  • 10. What kind of script was found on the clay tablets of the Jemdet Nasr period?
A) Linear B
B) Hieroglyphics
C) Latin
D) Proto-cuneiform
  • 11. The Jemdet Nasr period is contemporary with which period in Iran?
A) Uruk
B) Ubaid
C) Proto-Elamite
D) Ninevite V
  • 12. The Jemdet Nasr period is contemporary with which period in Upper Mesopotamia?
A) Uruk
B) Ninevite V
C) Sumerian
D) Proto-Elamite
  • 13. How far is Tell Jemdet Nasr from Tell al-Uhaymir?
A) 10 kilometres
B) 26 kilometres
C) 36 kilometres
D) 16 kilometres
  • 14. Which of the following is NOT an archaeological site where the Jemdet Nasr period has been found?
A) Nippur
B) Abu Salabikh
C) Nineveh
D) Khafajah
  • 15. What characteristic is shared by the Jemdet Nasr, Ninevite V, and Proto-Elamite periods?
A) Maritime trade dominance
B) Use of iron tools
C) Emerging bureaucracy and hierarchy
D) Construction of stone pyramids
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