Inventions
Sumerian invention that transports people on the water.
What is a sailboat?
Two rivers in Mesopatamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
Mesopatamia was called the "Cradle of Western Civilization" because they ___________
A. Invented many things we use today
B. Wrote stories
What is "A" - Invented many things we use today
The people who invented the first writing
Who are the Sumerians?
Name of Gilgamesh's best friend
Who is Enkidu?
Cuneiform was the name of the first___________.
What is writing?
Mesopotamia has been called the_____________.
A. The Land Between Two Rivers
B. The Fertile Crescent
C. All of the Above
What is "C" - All of the above
Beautiful, highly valued objects that the Sumerians would use to trade_____________
A. Books
B. Coins
C. Clay pottery
What is clay pottery
Name something the Sumerians made lists of.
What is:
Kings/Household goods/Sales/Purchases/Trade
The place Gilgamesh and Enkidu found the demon.
What is the Cedar Forest?
A Sumerian stringed instrument
What is a harp?
Place in Babylonian house used as an extra space for cooking, living, and sleeping
What is a rooftop?
A structure used as a temple
What is a Ziggurat?
The hero in a story from Sumer.
Who is Gilgamesh?
The answer Gilgamesh was searching for
What is eternal life, or how to live forever?
Sumerian invention that rolled
What is the wheel?
Very tall ziggurat in Babylon
What is The Tower of Babel?
Used to create a personal signature
What is a Cylinder Seal?
This group of people who took over the Sumerians
Who are the Babylonians?
Sent to destroy the city by the Goddess of Love/War
What is The Bull of Heaven?
Sumerian invention to get water from the rivers to their fields
What is a canal?
Beautiful walled gate in Babylon___________
A. Ishtar Gate
B. Sumer Gate
C. Babel Gate
What is the Ishtar Gate?
One of the "Wonders of the Ancient World"
What is the "Hanging Gardens of Babylon"?
The Babylonians dedicated their city to this god_____
A. Zeus
B. Marduk
C. Marmaduke
Who is Marduk?
This place that was guarded by Scorpion Men
What is The Garden of the Gods?