Jason
A powerful Mesopotamian city-state, center of Hammurabi’s reign and later cultural achievements.
Babylon
Dating system that counts down to year 1 CE; used as a secular alternative to BC.
BCE (Before Common Era)
An ancient Mesopotamian poem exploring themes of kingship, mortality, and friendship.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Egyptian writing system using pictorial symbols to represent sounds and ideas.
Hieroglyphics
The study and interpretation of past events, often based on written records.
History
A privileged class that holds power and wealth, often emerging from surplus production and specialization.
Elites
The study of numbers, shapes, and patterns; used early for trade, astronomy, and architecture.
MATH!!!
Early wedge-shaped writing developed in Mesopotamia using clay tablets.
Cuneiform
Referring to large stone constructions, often used in prehistoric ritual sites.
Megalithic
“Land between rivers” (Tigris and Euphrates); home to early civilizations like Sumer and Babylon.
Mesopotamia
A carved stone slab that helped scholars decode Egyptian hieroglyphics by comparing three scripts.
Rosetta Stone
Bronze Age civilization in South Asia known for urban planning and undeciphered script.
Indus Valley
A revolutionary invention for transport and machinery originating in early Mesopotamia.
Wheels
A mythical guardian of the Cedar Forest defeated by Gilgamesh and Enkidu in the epic.
Humbaba
A famous megalithic site in England, possibly used for ceremonial or astronomical purposes.
Stonehenge
Over 500 gallons of fake blood were used during the making of the film.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
One of the earliest known civilizations, located in southern Mesopotamia; credited with inventing writing.
Sumer (or Sumeria)
A vast ancient collection of texts in Nineveh, preserving Mesopotamian literature and learning.
Library of Ashurbanipal
The first toilet flush ever seen and heard in a Hollywood film was in this movie.
Psycho
The visual system of recording language to transmit information across time and space.
Writing
Major rivers of Mesopotamia that provided fertile soil and water for early agriculture.
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A prehistoric site in the Nubian Desert with megalithic structures possibly used for astronomical purposes.
Nabta Playa
What movie is premiering in the theaters during the opening scene of Scream 2?
Stab
Ancient Peruvian civilization known for early city-building and non-written communication systems.
Norte Chico
A knot-based recording system used by Andean civilizations like the Inka.
Quipu