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What is a ziggurat?
Sumerian Temple
Purpose for Enkidu's creation
Kill/ defeat Gilgamesh
What is cuneiform
Earliest writing
When did early humans gain agriculture?
10,000 BCE
One impact of agriculture on humans
settle, easier access to food, more innovation, more control
First inhabitants of Sumer
Ubaids
What is the relationship between the gods and cities in Sumer
one to one
What was the first historic empire?
Lagash
First major historic city in Sumer
Kish
Third major historic city in Sumer
Ur
Why is a ziggurat built how it is?
Shows how awesome the cities god is over all the other Sumerian gods.
Who is the first king of Lagash?
En-Hegal
Number 6 on the map
Ur
Second major historic city in Sumer
Uruk
Gilgamesh's adoptive father
Gisur
Number 4 on the map
Lagash
Number 2 on the map
Kish
Number 1 on the map
Babylon
Number 3 on the map
Nippur
Number 5 on the map
Uruk