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Gilgamesh
Early Economy/Trade
Religion
Culture
Wild Card
100
Gilgamesh's Best friend
Who is Endiku
100
Sumerian economy relied on this system of upholding promised payments
What is debt
100
The Akkadian pantheon of gods is an example of this kind of religion
What is polytheism
100
An independently governed city-nation
What is a City State
100
This Babylonian king created the first formal set of laws
What is Hammurapi
200
What is Gilgamesh's goal in life
What is legacy/immortality/remembrance
200
This form of currency was use to equate objects to barley
What is shekel
200
The gods lived in this part of the city
What are temples
200
Cites like Uruk appeared in this age of the Mesopotamian empire (more specific than the bronze age)
What is the Dynastic Age
200
Mesopotamia is located between these two rivers
What is the Tigris and Euphrates
300
Which god ordered Gilgamesh's best friend to death and unleashed the bull of the heavens
Who is Ishtar
300
This system/ideology gave the oldest male of the house final say
What is patriarchy
300
The god of love
Who is Ishtar
300
Center of government in a city and residence of kings and statesmen
What is Palace
300
Modern day country that was once ancient Mesopotamia
What is Iraq
400
A legendary giant whom Gilgamesh slew in the cedar forest
Who is Humbaba
400
This word was used by kings to declare all debt peons free, effectively resetting the economy
What is amargi
400
This god was Ishtar's dad
Who is Anu
400
A pyramidal type of building commonly found in Mesopotamian architecture
What is Ziggurat
400
Mesopotamian writing system carved onto clay tablets
What is cuneiform
500
This man was the only human to ever attain immortality
Who is Utnapishtim
500
A bushel of barley was called
What is a Gur
500
The patron goddess of the city Uruk
Who is Inanna
500
This material (not bronze) was used to make ceremonial weapons
What is Lapis Lazuli
500
The Fertile Crescent is bordered by these two mountain ranges
What are the Taurus and the Zagros mountains