Writing and City Life History - Writing and City Life

Describe in brief the importance of writing.

Which two things indicate that only a few Mesopotamians could read and write"?

Which was the famous epic of Sumerian literature?

Name the archaeologists who carried out excavation work at Ur.

What did Mesopotamian tablets contain? When were these tablets written?

What do you know about sacred temples of Mesopotamia? What were they called?

How pictographic script came into prominence?

"The script of Mesopotamia helped the historians to throw light on this ancient civilization". Justify the statement.

Describe in brief the achievements of Assurbanipal.

What do you know about the emergence of Nineveh?

What do ancient stories tell us about the civilisation of Mesopotamia?

Why were mobile animal herders not necessarily a threat to town life?

Which of the following were necessary conditions and which the causes, of early urbanisation, and which would you say were the outcome of the growth of cities: (a) highly productive agriculture, (b) water transport, (c) the lack of metal and stone, (d) the division of labour, (e) the use of seals, (f) the military power of kings that made labour compulsory?