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Mesopotamia means...
Land between rivers
According to the Mesopotamian believes, the men were created for...
Please the gods
How the Sumerians used their knowledge about the stars?
They learned the best times to plant crops.
The Upper class in Mesopotamia was composed by...
Kings, priests, warriors, and government workers.
First Mesopotamian civilization
Sumerians
This Sumerian technology made easy agriculture for farmers
The plow
Important substrate brought by the rivers flood
Silt
First writing system of history
Cuneiform
Sumerian technology that allowed them to have surplus
Irrigation system
First emperor of history
Sargon the Great
First cities of Mesopotamia
Ur and Uruk
Which term used the Sumerians to refer to their gods?
Dingir
Which citizens received education in Mesopotamia?
Only men, women stayed at home
Gilgamesh best friend
Endiku
When does Gilgamesh pass from villain to hero?
When he understood and accepted his human nature.
What was the title of Gilgamesh?
King of Uruk
Sumerian type of government
City - states
The cities in Mesopotamia were surrounded by ______
Walls
Skilled workers that record in clay tablets the important events of Mesopotamia
Scribes
The first empire of history was...
Akkadian Empire
The lower class was composed of...
Enslaved people ( no money and no power)
Is the oldest written story
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The main building of Mesopotamian cities served as temples and palaces
Ziggurats
Why Gilgamesh traveled to the underworld?
To try to bring Endiku back to him after his death
To which social class belonged the scribes?
Middle class (Farmers, fishers, artisans)