Vocabulary
The business of farming , growing crops ,and raising animals
What is agriculture?
He want to be famous
Who is Gilgamesh?
He is a sun god.
What god is Shamash
the most surprising thing about the greatest Mesopotamian invention?
what is the wheel
When a society has enough food to feed the population and some extra to save or trade
Stable food supply
A symbol that stands for an object.
What is pictograph?
This is the person Ishtar falls in love with.
Who is Gilgamesh?
There are more then 300 laws there
How many law is written on the Law Code Stele of King Hammurabi
How is Beer made.
You fermented barley and wheat
They built the ziggurat.
Who are the architects?
The Geographic area in between the Tigris River and the Euphrates River
What is Mesopotamia?
This person dies at the end of the story of Gilgamesh.
Who is Enkidu?
the ruler of Babylonia.
Who is King Hammurabi?
It found by a British archaeologist in the Mespotamians tombs in 1920s
Where and when is board game found?
This is a musical instrument they played.
What is a lyre?
It is a type of writing that uses wedge-shaped characters.
What is cuneiform?
They had so much power in the story and were punished.
Who is Gilgamesh and Enkidu?
One is Shamesh one is the King Hammurabi
What are the two people called on the Law Code of of King Hammurabi.
It is discovered as far away as Crete and Sri Lanka.
Where is board game examples discovered because it became so popular.
When time did Sumerians develop writing.
What is 3000 BCE?
The belief that there are many gods.
What is Polytheism?
The innkeeper said to enjoy this.
What are the simple thing
He ruled from 1972 to 1750 B.C.E.
How long did King Hammurabi ruled Babylonia
The way Mespotamians used light to plan and schedule.
What is time
Describe how the wheels and the arch changed Sumerians.
The wheel helped Sumerians move goods and trade more easily and the arch helped them build stronger more durable buildings.