In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the dramatic confrontation between the demi-god Humbaba and the warriors Gilgamesh and Enkidu illustrates:

Sargon of Akkad (c. 2350 B.C.E.) is significant because he:

The Law Code of Hammurabi:

The most important cultural center in the Hellenistic world was:

Tens of thousands of Sumerian clay tablets have survived:

The defeat of the Assyrians and destruction of Nineveh in 612 B.C.E. was:

Temples were central to Sumerian city life because:

Macedonian rule in Egypt was characterized by:

When Akhenaten died and was succeeded by Tutankhamen:

Shortly before 3000 B.C.E., people in the Near East discovered that bronze could be produced by: