Characteristics
Enough food to feed the population, with extra to save or trade.
What is stable food supply?
2 largest rivers in Southwest Asia.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates river?
a person who writes
what is a scribe?
Train animals to be useful to humans.
What is domestication?
Gilgamesh's friend that helped him kill the monster.
Who is Enkidu?
Inventions that save peoples lives.
What is technology?
area in between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates
what is mesopotamia?
a craftsperson
what is artisan?
This is a wedged shaped writing.
What is cuneiform?
The monster Gilgamesh and his friend killed.
Who is Humbaba?
A set of beliefs or form of worship
what is religion?
A place in southern mesopotamia
What is sumer?
a person who makes money by selling goods
what is a merchant?
A way to supply land with water.
What is irrigation?
The goddess of love who falls in love with Gilgamesh.
Who is Ishtar?
What is Social structure?
Arc-shaped region in Southwest Asia.
What is the fertile crescent?
Person or group who makes laws.
What is government?
a military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender
What is seige?
What Gilgamesh searching for after the lost of his friend.
What is eternal life?
A way to express feelings.
What is art?
small independent country with its own laws and government
what is a city-state?
the business of farming, growing crops, and raising animals
what is agriculture?
A symbol that stands for an object.
What is pictrograph?
The animal the gods sent down to attack Gilgamesh.
What is a bull?