vocab
to train a wild animal to be useful to humans.
what is domestication?
The person who made the first laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
These two key inventions helped the Sumerians have a stable food supply.
What are irrigation system's and plows?
The hero in the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Who is Gilgamesh?
A form of transportation that was pulled by horses.
What is a chariot?
a large area of land where multiple groups of people are ruled by the same laws and government.
what is an empire?
What Hammurabi's code was carved on.
What is the stele?
These people are at the highest level of a social class.
What are priests, kings, nobels, and government officials?
The goddess of love.
Who is Ishtar?
The ancient sumerians used this type of writing and it was invented in 3300.B.C.E
What is cuneiform
a person who makes money by selling goods.
what is a merchant?
The first laws ever created.
What is Hammurabi's code?
A way to show expressions using pictures or sculptures.
What is art
Stayed awake for 7 days and 7 nights to get this.
What is eternal life?
The first empire ever made.
a military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender.
what is a siege?
The writing was used to wright the first laws.
What is cuneiform?
They made ziggurats to express their beliefs.
what is religion?
Ishtars dad sent this bull to do this.
What is punish Gilgamesh?
This pulled people and weapons to the battlefield.
What is a wagon?
an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top.
what is a ziggurat?
He is on the top of the Stele.
Who is shamash?
To direct people's behavior and make life orderly.
What is government?
The bull that got sent by ishtars dad.
What did Gilgamesh kill?
Crops, animals, and land caused this.
Why did the first war happen?