Tigris and Euphrates
What did Tigris and Euphrates rivers provide early societies
Water for farms, fresh water for drinking, homes for fish and water birds, easy transportation by boat, and bathing water.
Giant planned city
What is metropolis?
Who wanted to be famous?
Gilgemesh
Who was at the bottom lever of the social structure?
Slaves
Who are the Sumerians
The world's first civilization
The persian Gulf
Where do the Tigris and Euprhates river meat?
What was the Capital of Mesopotamia?
Babylon is the Capital
What did Gilgimesh and Enkindu slay?
The monster Humbaba
Who are the top members of the society
Priests, Kings, Nobles, and government officials
What helps Sumerians fight against other nations/Tribes
One original invention was the wagon.
Where do the Tigris and Euphrates river start?
What is Babylon?
The City was the first to build massive double and triple walls around it
Who is the goddess of love?
Ishtar
What is a Irrigation system?
A network of canals, dams, and reservoirs to provide crops with water
What did wild donkeys pull?
Battle Wagons
What is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates River?
The land was highly fertile.
Who was King Hammurabi?
The first leader to write a code of laws for a Empire and post them everywhere.
Who did Gilgimesh reject?
The love Goddes Ishtar
Civilizations need a stable food supply
A complex society thrives if members have food to survive
Who benefited from wagons?
Sumerian farmers
What is the land used for between the Tiris and Euphartes river/
The land was perfect for agriculutre, growing crops and raising domesticated animals
What was Mesopotamia
Ancient Iraq
What did Ishtar ask her father to send?
The Bull of heaven to punish Gilgimesh
What are the 7 characteristics that make a society into a civilization
A stable food suply, a social structure, a system of governent, Religion, the Arts, Technology, and written language
What did wagons collect for farmers?
Large amounts of grain for sale