1. Which of the following civilizations discussed in this Unit were possibly the first to work in iron?

Assyrians

Sumerians

Hittites

Akkadians

2). Examples of refined coinage are found in ancient Persia and functioned both as a monetary standard and a form of propaganda.

True

False

3) The geographic particularities of Mesopotamia meant that the region was politically stable and led by one civilization throughout it's long history.

True

False

4) With the advent of writing, we can now begin to understand more clearly the narrative and allegorical meaning of images in ancient Mesopotamian art.  This study of the meaning of symbolism and imagery is called what?

twisted   perspective

apotropaic

stylus

iconography