Gilgamesh
The goddess of love, Ishtar, fell in love with him.
Who was Gilgamesh?
This is a person who writes.
What is a scribe?
This was invented by Sumerians, have wheels, and were pulled by animals.
What are wagons?
This invention was made by leaving pieces of clay out in the sun to dry. They are used to build buildings.
What are bricks?
This characteristic means writing things down and keeping records.
What is written language?
This person was friends with Gilgamesh and died in the story.
Who was Enkidu?
This is an arc-shaped region in Southwest Asia, with rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
They created the world's first recorded civilization.
Who were the Sumerians?
Mesopotamians put this invention on boats and used it to transport heavy objects across rivers.
What are sails?
This means using creativity to express yourself, and include music, acting, poetry, and dance.
What is art?
Giilgamesh tried to get this by trying to stay awake for seven days and seven nights.
What is eternal life?
This is something good sent from one ruler to another to show that the other one is better.
What is tribute?
Sumerians used these animals to pull battle wagons to the battlefield in war.
What are wild donkeys?
This invention invented by the Sumerians moved on wheels, was guided by a driver and pulled by animals, and carried people in it.
What is a chariot?
This is a person or a group of people in charge of a civilization. They make laws.
What is a government?
This monster was killed by Gilgamesh and Enkidu.
Who was Humbaba?
This is a symbol that stands for an object.
What is pictograph?
The first recorded war was fought between these two states.
Where were Elam and Sumer?
This drink invented by the Mesopotamians was made using fermented barley. Mesopotamians drank it during religious ceremonies and feasts.
What is beer?
This means inventions and tools that make people's lives easier.
What is technology?
Gilgamesh and Enkidu returned here after defeating the monster, Humbaba.
Where was Uruk?
This is the way a region uses what they have to produce and sell or trade goods or services with other regions to give their citizens what they want.
What is the economy?
Historians think that the first recorded war was fought around this time.
When was 2700 BCE?
Scientists think that this was the first strategic board game.
What was The Royal Game of Ur?
This means having enough food for a civilization's population and still having some extra food to save, sell or trade.
What is a stable food supply?