Building Civilization
ANE Overview
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia (pt 2)
100

This is the center of a civilization. 

What is religion? 

100

A building that would be found at the center of every city-state. 

What is a ziggurat? 

100

The literal meaning/translation of Mesopotamia

What is "land between two rivers." 

200

This is the definition of culture. 

What is "religion externalized"? 

200

This is the "glue" of all ANE civilizations. 

What is story/epic? 

200

This is the Mesopotamian epic of creation.

What is the Enuma Elish

300

This is how religion and culture continue from one generation to the next. 

What is language? 

300
Since fighting over food was common, most cities were built with this protective structure. 

What is a fortified wall? 

300

He is the chief god of the Mesopotamians, according to the Enuma Elish

Who is Marduk? 
300

This was the title of the priest-kings of Mesopotamia. 

What is the ensi-lugal? 

400

______ was the name of the first civilization (Gen. 4). 

What is Enoch? 

400

These two topographical/geographical features were the most important aspects for developing a civilization in a particular place. 

What is access to water and high elevation. 

400

The gods of the Enuma Elish and other ANE epics of creation can be described by this human term. 

What is anthropropmorphic? 

400

He was the first to unite an entire section of city-states into an organized empire. 

Who is Lugalzagesi? 

500

Language is a _____ of ______ _______ by means of which human communicate. 

What is a system of invented signs

500

This man establishes the first North-to-South (all-encompassing) empire of the Mesopotamians. 

Who is Sargon of Akkad?