Ancient Civilizations

True or false: A civilization is characterized by the development of the state, social stratification, urbanization, a currency, and symbolic systems of communication beyond natural spoken language?

True or false: Civilizations are characterized by agriculture, architecture, infrastructure, technological advancement, taxation, regulation, and specialization of labor?

True or false: Historically, a civilization has often been understood as a larger and 'more advanced' culture compared to smaller, supposedly less advanced cultures?

True or false: Civilizations contrast with non-centralized tribal societies, including the cultures of nomadic pastoralists, Neolithic societies, or hunter-gatherers?

True or false: Civilizations are organized into densely-populated settlements divided into hierarchical social classes with a ruling elite?

Mesopotamia is located in modern-day Iraq.

The Sumerians and Akkadians dominated Mesopotamia from 3100 BC to 539 BC.

Mesopotamia was conquered by Alexander the Great in 332 BC.

Mesopotamia is the site of the earliest developments of the Neolithic Revolution.

Mesopotamia inspired important developments in human history, including the invention of the wheel and the planting of the first cereal crops.