vocabulary
to train a wild animal to be useful to humans.
What is domestication?
Rivers begin in the snowy Taurus Mountains in what is now the nation of Turkey.
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
a system of symbols used to represent words and ideas.
what is writing?
Who told Gilgamesh to enjoy the little things in life.
Who was Innkeeper?
Who was the first to do double and triple walls.
What is Babylonia?
A place in southern Mesopotamia where cities first appeared.
what is a city-state?
what is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
what is Mesopotamia?
A light two‐wheeled war vehicle usually carrying a warrior and a driver pulled by animals
what is a The Chariot?
Who helped Gilgamesh slay the monster Humbaba.
who was Enkidu?
what is located in what is today the modern nation of Iraq.
This ancient city of Babylon?
a type of writing that uses wedge-shaped characters.
what is Cuneiform?
the land between rivers” in the ancient Greek language.
what is Mesopitamia?
the science and technology of metals.
what is Metallurgy
Who sent the bull of heaven to punish Gilgamesh.
Who is Ishtars father?
People built what we can think of as the first metropolis.
what are Babylonians?
An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top.
what is a ziggurat?
where the Tigris River and Euphrates River meet at.
what is the delta river?
large workshops where people made cloth. They were important for making clothes, blankets, and other goods.
what is a Textile Mill?
Who does Gilgamesh reject.
who was Ishtar
Historians believe he was the first leader to write a code of laws.
who is King Hammurabi?
A military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender.
what is a siege?
where the Tigris River and Euphrates River begin.
what are Taurus Mountains?
the creation of pottery items in large quantities using standardized techniques and materials.
what is Mass-Produced Pottery?
Who told Gilgamesh about eternal life.
who was Unnapishtim?
Babolian kings received power from this group of people.
What are their gods?