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Old Assyrian period - Quiz
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  • 1. What kind of label is 'Old Assyrian'?
A) Geographical
B) Ethnic
C) Chronological
D) Linguistic
  • 2. Who provided the definition of 'Old Assyrian' used in the text?
A) Sargon II
B) Assur-uballit
C) Klaas Veenhof
D) Tiglath-Pileser
  • 3. In what year did Klaas Veenhof define the term 'Old Assyrian'?
A) 2012
B) 1995
C) 2008
D) 2001
  • 4. What does the term 'Assyrian' refer to in the Old Assyrian period?
A) A military alliance of city-states
B) The city of Assur and its culture
C) A collection of nomadic tribes
D) A state governing a large territory
  • 5. What was the political status of Assur during the Old Assyrian period?
A) A small city-state
B) A province of Babylonia
C) An expansive empire
D) A nomadic kingdom
  • 6. When did Assyria transition into a kingdom governing a larger territory?
A) Old Assyrian period
B) Middle Assyrian period
C) Early Assyrian period
D) Neo-Assyrian period
  • 7. What does the 'Old Assyrian' period encompass?
A) The architectural history of southern Mesopotamia
B) History, politics, economics, religion, and language of Assur
C) The entire history of the Assyrian Empire
D) Only the military history of the region
  • 8. What precedes the Old Assyrian period?
A) Late Assyrian period
B) Neo-Assyrian period
C) Early Assyrian period
D) Middle Assyrian period
  • 9. What is the state of knowledge regarding the Early Assyrian period?
A) Completely lost
B) Poorly known
C) Well-preserved in archeology
D) Extensively documented
  • 10. Was Assur independent during the Early Assyrian period?
A) Only during winters
B) Only during religious festivals
C) Yes
D) No
  • 11. What was Assur a part of during the Early Assyrian period?
A) A nomadic confederation
B) A sequence of states and empires from southern Mesopotamia
C) The Persian Empire
D) A collection of independent city-states
  • 12. Which ruler founded the first Assyrian royal dynasty?
A) Erishum I
B) Puzur-Ashur I
C) Ashur-uballit I
D) Shamshi-Adad I
  • 13. What title did Old Assyrian kings typically use?
A) Išši'ak Aššur
B) Lugal
C) En
D) Šar
  • 14. What was the name of the administrative body in Assur?
A) Adaside
B) Ālum
C) Shubat-Enlil
D) Kültepe
  • 15. Which foreign conqueror captured Assur in 1808 BC?
A) Ashur-uballit I
B) Puzur-Ashur I
C) Shamshi-Adad I
D) Erishum I
  • 16. Where did Shamshi-Adad I rule from?
A) Kültepe
B) Mari
C) Assur
D) Shubat-Enlil
  • 17. Which trading colony yielded over 22,000 cuneiform tablets?
A) Kültepe
B) Mari
C) Eshnunna
D) Shubat-Enlil
  • 18. To which kingdom did Assur become a vassal in c. 1430 BC?
A) Babylonian
B) Mitanni
C) Eshnunna
D) Hittite
  • 19. What was the main economic activity of Assur starting with Erishum I?
A) Mining
B) Maritime shipping
C) Agriculture
D) International trade
  • 20. What is considered the main deity of the Old Assyrian period?
A) Shamshi-Adad
B) Adad
C) Ashur
D) Enlil
  • 21. How were the legal rights of men and women in the Old Assyrian period described?
A) Non-existent for women
B) More or less the same
C) Significantly restricted for women
D) Superior for women
  • 22. What was the geographical reach of the Assyrian trading network?
A) Southern Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean
B) Egypt to the Persian Gulf
C) Assur to Babylon only
D) Zagros Mountains to central Anatolia
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