history hw

CLAR 2360 Reading quiz week 4.2 1

King Naram-Sin deified himself during his lifetime - True - False

Naram-Sin’s victory stele was found at

- Niniveh - Agade - Susa

The victory stele records Naram Sin’s victory over

- The Elamites - The Lullubi tribes - The Sumerian cities of Ur and Uruk

The background on the victory stele

- Is empty - Shows a landscape - Is architectural

Akkadian monuments were still standing in Mesopotamia a millennium after their creation

- True - False

We know much about the Akkadian empire through later sources. These are generally:

- Accurate - Embellished - Primary sources

Sargon kept a standing army

- True - False

Naram-Sin tried to differenciate himself from his predessesors by stressing new and unusual accomplishments such as

- Conquest of territories never subjugated by Mesopotamians before - New types of constructions - Discovery of new routes - Discovery of new technologies

The curse of Agade, a propagandistic text is written in Akkadian

- True - False

In the curse of Agade, the implicit line is that a god has to accept/approve a king’s proposal to build a temple

- True - False

CLAR 2360 Reading quiz week 4.2 2

The Cuthean Legend warns about - Fighting with nomads - Fighting invaders - Not leaving revenge to the Gods - Disregarding divine will

Overall, the Akkadian kings were admired by later kings

- True - False