gilgamesh
Gilgamesh's friend who died
Who is Enkidu?
The code states that If a builder builds a house for a man and does not make its construction sound, and the house which he has built collapses and causes the death of the owner of the house, the builder shall be put to death.
What is code 229?
This helped bring water
What is irrigation?
Someone who craft things
What is a artisan?
Sumerians developed this around 3300 BCE.
What is written language ?
He told Gilgamesh to enjoy the simple things in life
Who is the ink keeper?
This code says that If the woman is not innocent, leaves her husband, ruins her house, neglecting her husband, they shall throw that woman into the water
What is code 143?
This is how the Babylonias wrote
What is cuniform?
A person who makes money by selling goods
What is a merchant?
This includes stuff like the wheel and the arch
What is Technology?
He sent the bull of heaven after Gilgamesh
Who is Ishtar's father?
This code states that if a man be in debt and is unable to pay his creditors, he shall sell his wife, son, or daughter, or bind them over to service. For three years they shall work in the houses of their purchaser or master; in the fourth year they shall be given their freedom.
What is code 117?
This helped them grow crops
What is agriculture?
Someone who writes
What is a scribe?
Sumerians used this to please the gods
What is art ?
Gilgamesh and Enkidu return to this place after killing Humbaba
What is Urak?
This code states that if any one bring an accusation against a man, and the accused go to the river and leap into the river, if he sink in the river his accuser shall take possession of his house. But if the river prove that the accused is not guilty, and he escape unhurt, then he who had brought the accusation shall be put to death, while he who leaped into the river shall take possession of the house that had belonged to his accuser.
What is code 2?
They used this as a blockade
What is a siege?
Wealth sent from one country or ruler to another as a sign that the other is superior
What is a tribute?
This was very involved in the lives of the sumerians
What is religion?
He told Gilgamesh about a fruit that brought eternal life
Who is Utnapishtim?
A reason Hammurabis code wasn't fair
What is it liked men more then woman?
They used this as a symbol
What is a pictograph?
A religion that believes that there are many gods
What is Polytheism?
This is used to direct peoples behavior
What is govorment?