Mesopotamia
What does Mesopotamia mean?
The Land Between Rivers
The God of the moon.
Sin
Indus Valley represents the land in which modern country?
India
Who was Gilgamesh?
The ruler of a city in Mesopotamia
Name the 6 New England States.
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont
Iraq
The God of the sun
Shamash
What is the range of mountains north of the Indus Valley civilization called?
Himalayas
How was Enkidu created?
Aruru pinched clay in the forest and placed him there to grow.
What are the two oceans that are on either side of North America?
Atlantic and Pacific
What two rivers flow through Mesopotamia?
Tigris and the Euphrates
The God of Earth, Wind, and Eternal Air
Enlil
What two rivers make up the Indus Valley civilization
Ganges and Indus
What 3 things made Enkidu more man than animal?
Wine, clothes, and a woman
Name the 7 continents.
North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, Antarctica
Which Babylonian leader had his own "code" of laws?
Hammurabi
Gilgamesh's mother
Ninsum
What are the two biggest cities in the Indus Valley?
Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
Who is the mighty giant that Gilgamesh and Enkidu fight in the forest?
Humbaba
What country is Northwest of India and Southeast of Afghanistan?
Pakistan
What 3 major civilizations made up most of Mesopotamia?
Babylonians, Sumerians, Assyrians
Goddess of love and fertility
Ishtar
What is the process of creating things (jewelry, etc) out of metal called?
Metallurgy
The flood story is about which person?
Utnapishtim
What is the name of the long, thin country in Central America that has a "canal"?
Panama