Vocab
A craftsperson
What is an artisan
This person was gilegameshe's friend
Who is Enkidu
hese rivers start in the Turkish mountians
What are The Tigris and Euphrates rivers
This invention was used for farming
what is the plow
These people created the first civilization.
Who are Sumerians
A belief that there are many gods
what is polytheism
she proposed to gilagemesh
Who is Ishtar
the Tigris and Euphrates river empty here
what is the persian gulf
This enabled Sumerians to churn out large numbers of items such as containers for workers’ rations, sort of the ancient forerunner of Tupperware.
What is mass produced pottery
These people developed the first civilization
Who are Assyrians
An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top
What is a zigguratt
This was the monster gilagemesh and Endiku slayed
who is Humbaba
the Tigris and Euphrates river are sometimes called this
What are the Tigris and Euphrates river
Who first invented the wagon?
Who are Sumerians
These people made the first metropolis
Who are Babylonians
The two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that reaches from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf
What is the Tigris and Euphrates river
Ishtars father brought this upon this to Endiku
what is Ilness
The Tigris and Euphrates river specificly start in this mountian range
what are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Complex systems of canals, with dams constructed of reeds, palm trunks and mud whose gates could be opened or closed to regulate the flow of water.
What is irrigation
This king created one of the first set of laws.
Who is Hammurabi
The way a region or country uses resources to produce and sell or trade goods and services to meet people’s needs and wants.
What is economy
his information was rejected by Gilagemesh
Who is the inkeeper
a roughly crescent-shaped area of relatively fertile land
What is the fertile crescent
This rhymes with shmedallurgy
what is Metallurgy
This civilization was based in the northern parts of Mesopotamia.
What is Assyria