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The Neo-Babylonian Empire
The Neo-Babylonian Empire
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A survey of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
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1
Who was the chief deity of the city of Babylon?
Nabu
Adad
Ishtar
Marduk
2
The Babylonians gained independence from what empire around 625 B.C.?
The Median Empire
The Assyrian Empire
The Egyptian Empire
The Persian Empire
3
Nebuchadnezzar defeated the Assyrians and Egyptians in 605 B.C. at the Battle of...
Kadesh
Nineveh
Memphis
Carchemish
4
The city of Babylon is on the banks of what river?
Euphrates
Tigris
Yellow
Nile
5
Nebuchadnezzar's name means...
Nabu, protect the empire
Nabu, protect the son
Nabu, protect the people
Nabu, protect the crown
6
In Daniel 7, the leopard with four heads and wings is believed to prophecy what kingdom?
Persia
Neo-Babylon
Rome
Greece
7
Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon, co-reigned with what other king?
Belshazzar
Labashi-Marduk
Amel-Marduk
Nabopolassar
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Who was the founder and first king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire?
Cyrus the Great
Nabonidus
Nebuchadnezzar
Nabopolassar
9
The largest ziggurat in the city of Babylon was dedicated to Marduk and called the...
Acropolis
Pantheon
Etemenanki
Esagila
10
What Greek historian from the 5th century B.C. wrote about the Medes and Babylonians?
Cassius Dio
Thucydides
Herodotus
Strabo
11
In Nebuchadnezzar's Dream in Daniel 2, the legs of iron prophecy what kingdom?
Assyria
Rome
Babylon
Greece
12
What prophet from Jerusalem served in Babylon under King Nebuchadnezzar?
Amos
Daniel
Elijah
Isaiah
13
The Assyrians taxed imports from the Median Empire, especially this "blue stone" called...
Lapis Lazuli
Amethyst
Peridot Rubellite
Zircon
14
What was another name for the Babylonians?
Kurds
Elamites
Medes
Chaldeans
15
What Babylonian King sacked and destroyed the city of Jerusalem in 605/598/586 B.C.?
Nebuchadnezzar
Cyrus the Great
Belshazzar
Nabopolassar
16
On the Ishtar Gate, the lion depicts the sacred animal of what Babylonian deity?
Marduk
Nabu
Ishtar
Adad
17
Who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Belshazzar
Nabopolassar
Nabonidus
Nebuchadnezzar
18
This picture shows a replica of what famous gate at the main entrance of the city of Babylon?
Ishtar Gate
Nebuchadnezzar Gate
Marduk Gate
Nebu Gate
19
The Babylonian deity pictured below is...
Ishtar
Nabu
Marduk
Adad
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Who conquered Babylon and founded the Persian Empire in 539 B.C.?
Alexander the Great
Herodotus
Cyrus the Great
Nebuchadnezzar