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title: Mesopotamia: wheels, laws and empires — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · History
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 4 «Mesopotamia: wheels, laws and empires» of the history course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Mesopotamia: wheels, laws and empires

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The 15 questions of lesson 4 «Mesopotamia: wheels, laws and empires» of the history course of Mova's primary school with their options, 80 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires/t1/) — In the film 300 the Persians look like monsters. What is closer to the truth? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires/t2/) — mate says the wheel was the first thing ever invented, before farms even. true? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires/t3/) — If a law is written on a stone in the square, what can a judge no longer do? — right ✓ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires/t4/) — A rich man and a poor man do the same wrong under Hammurabi. What usually happens? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires/t5/) — Why might some historians doubt the Hanging Gardens were real? — right ✓ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires/t6/) — A clay library survives 2,600 years but a paper one burns. Why does clay last? — right ✓ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires/t7/) — Babylon has grain but no timber for roofs. What does it do? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires/t8/) — One king ruling many cities and peoples is called what? — right ✓ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires/t9/) — Why would star records kept for centuries be useful? — right ✓ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires/t10/) — My teacher said, no wait, she said Babylon was in Egypt. Where was it? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires/t11/) — Which is in the right order from oldest to newest? — right ✓ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires/e1/) — Identify the ruler under whose authority approximately 280 laws were inscribed upon a stone stele for public inspection. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the application of the said laws? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires/e3/) — Ascertain the principal reason for which the merchants of Mesopotamia engaged in long-distance trade. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires/e4/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the empire established by Cyrus the Great. — wrong ✗ · exam

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