What role did the civilizations of the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age play in preserving and transmitting Mesopotamian culture?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. The Hittites spread Mesopotamian culture to the Greeks. Examples include The Epic of Gilgamesh and Mesopotamian mathematical concepts.
b. The Kassite kings in Babylonia had scribes copy Sumerian and Akkadian works.
c. The Neo-Assyrian kings collected and preserved Akkadian and Sumerian scientific and literary works. Asshurbanipal's library at Nineveh housed Mesopotamian literature and scholarship.
d. The Neo-Babylonian kings used Akkadian as the language of state, preserved works of art, and restored buildings. King Nabonidus, for instance, restored holy sites in Sumer and Akkad and collected artifacts.
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What will be an ideal response?