Sumer
The first war recorded took place in 2700 BCE.
What was the war between Sumer and Elam?
Gilgamesh's best friend.
Who is Enkidu?
a crafts person
What is a artisan?
Is nearly 4000 years old
What is the stele of King Hammurabi?
King Nebuchadnezzar built this...
What is the Hanging Gardens?
They started making inventions. Their second one was this.
What is a plow?
Gilgamesh wanted to be something so bad.
What is being famous?
a way to supply land with water
What is irrigation?
The sun god, the god of justice.
Who is Shamash?
Located in what is now Iraq, it sprawled alongside the Euphrates river.
Where is Babylon?
Experts don't really know why people fought but one theory is this.
What is crops, animals, or land?
Who was Humbaba?
a society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure.
What is a civilization?
He's responsible for the peace and prosperify and feeding of his people
What are the kings responsibilities?
In places they towered this many feet tall.
What is 300 feet?
If they did this they would be some of the first enslaved people.
What is being captured?
Enkidu got very sick after they defeated the bull.
What was the punishment for having "too much" power?
A large area of land where multiple groups of people are ruled by the same laws and government
What is an empire?
Written on the sides of the bottom half of the Law Code Stele of King Hammurabi.
What is inscribed cuneiform?
"The pomegranate trees, which are clothed with clusters of fruit like vines, enrich the breeze with their fragrance."
What is King Ashurnasirpal's quote?
Building irrigation systems and large cities allowed the Sumerians to overcome these challanges.
What is hot summers, little rain, and rivers that flooded in the spring?
Ishtar's father sent a bull down from heaven to fight Gilgamesh.
What was the punishment?
The way a region or country uses resources to produce and sell or trade goods and services to met peoples needs and wants.
What is an Economy?
The reminder that Mesopotamia gives us is that it was such an advanced culture.
What is the wonderful reminder that the stele gave us?
The cool streams and lush trees of her distant homeland.
What was the princess craving while in Babylon?