Made in Sumer
Needing to move goods overland great distances, this simple tool allowed the Sumerians to participate in a region wide trade.
What is the wheel/cart/wagon
These great rivers were the key land features that powered the agriculture and trade routes of the Mesopotamian empires.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
This figure lends his name to the oldest known story. His story in fact.
Who is Gilgamesh
This series of fair laws was named after the wise king who authored them.
What is Hammurabi's Code
This system of religion believed in many gods, each with a specific role or responsibility.
What is polytheism?
What is a ziggurat?
This alternative name for the Chaldeans reflected their choice for the capital of their empire.
What is the New Babylonian Empire?
This half-man, half-beast hero was the life-long friend of a certain king of Uruk who he helped to steal cedar from the gods.
Who is Enkidu?
This Akkadian king conquered all of Sumer sometime around 2340 B.C., and formed possibly the first empire in the world.
Who is Sargon?
These folks were responsible for the recording and reading of documents. Thus becoming a key part of running the cities and empires of Mesopotamia.
What are scribes?
This "wedge shaped" writing system was often written on clay tablets as a quick way to record information.
What is Cuneiform?
This technology gave a decisive advantage to the Assyrians Empire when it came to conquering their neighbors.
What are iron weapons?
This lion-headed monster guarded the Gods' cedar forest until he was slain by two heroes.
Who is Humbaba?
This Chaldean King built the Hanging Gardens as a gift to his homesick wife.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
A collection of territories and groups of different people controlled by one ruler.
What is an empire?
What are minutes, hours, and months?
Tired of the Assyrians' cruel rule and heavy taxes, these people rebelled and overthrew their Assyrian masters to create their own empire.
Who are the Chaldeans?
This original way that epics were past down through history required great feats of memorization.
What is the oral tradition?
This Assyrian king built some of the earliest libraries in the history, leaving behind over 25,000 tablets of stories and songs.
Who is Ashurbanipal?
What is tribute?