Mesopotamia
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between rivers
God of the moon
Sin
What modern country is the Indus Valley in
India
Who was Gilgamesh?
Leader of a city in Mesopotamia
What two oceans are on either side of North America
Atlantic and Pacific
What are the two rivers in Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
Shamash
What two rivers make up the Indus Valley
Ganges and Indus
Who was Gilgamesh's rival and, later, friend?
Enkidu
Name the 6 New England States
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
What modern country is Mesopotamia mainly in?
Iraq
God of earth, wind, and universal air
Enlil
What mountain range is North of Indus Valley
Himalayan
What 3 things made Enkidu more man than animal
Wine, clothes, and a woman
Name the 7 continents
Australia, Antarctica, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa
What Babylonian leader is famous for his "code"?
Hammurabi
What two major cities are in the Indus Valley
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
Aruru pinched clay between her fingers and put him in the forest to grow
What country is northwest of India and southeast of Afghanistan?
Pakistan
What 3 civilizations made up Mesopotamia?
Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians
Goddess of love and fertility
Ishtar
What is the process called for turning metals into things like jewelry?
Mettalurgy
Who is the flood story in the Epic of Gilgamesh about?
Utnapishtim
What is the long, thin country that has a "canal" in Central America
Panama