<p> ANT 3142 Study Guide for Iraq: The Cradle of Civilization</p><p> What people called the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers “Mesopotamia”?</p><p> What is one of the common characterizations of ancient and recent peoples of Mesopotamia?</p><p> Where do the “Marsh Arabs” live? What do they live upon? How do they build their houses?</p><p> What site is known as the “Mound of Creation”?</p><p> What did archaeologists document at the lowest levels of Eridu?</p><p> What was the first city in Mesopotamia?</p><p> How long are the walls of Uruk? What kind of center was Uruk upon its establishment?</p><p> In the last 200 years of Uruk’s existence, by how much did its population increase? </p><p> By how much did the population in the surrounding plain increase?</p><p> What were the consequences of such population increases?</p><p> What remains have been exposed at the base of the Uruk Ziggurat?</p><p> With what were the facades of temples and palaces faced in Uruk?</p><p> Besides the wheel and writing, what other distinctive inventions or developments characterize Uruk?</p><p> Who runs (and ran) the temples and mosques of Iraq?</p><p> What representations did scribes of Ur make of the city’s destruction?</p><p> Where did the refugees do and what did they do after the destruction of Ur?</p><p> The film claims that the region experienced long cycles of growth and decay: Is this an accurate representation for all city-states?</p><p> What was distinctive about ancient Nippur?  Where was the Talmud written?</p><p> What was inscribed the “magical bowls” and what purpose did they serve?</p><p> When did the city of Nippur die?</p><p> Who are the modern-day followers of John the Baptist and where did they come from?</p><p> When was Baghdad destroyed? Who were the agents of destruction?</p><p> What religions are found in the northern city of Mozul?</p><p> Contemporary Iraq is compared with what ancient state?</p><p> What characterizes the rule of that state (above)?</p><p> What famous place/city has been reconstructed by the Iraqi government?</p><p> Who has appropriated an identification with ancient sites and how has this been done?</p>