Babylon
Northern Iraq
where is Babylon today?
Better trade.
one benefit from the big empire was ____________
to transport things easier.
why did the Sumerians invent wagons?
a symbol that stands for an object
what is a pictograph?
a monster
what did Gilgamesh and enkindu fight?
by concurring their neighbors
where did their riches come from?
civilization.
Assyrians were the first ____________ to be always ready.
wild donkeys.
what were the wagons pulled by?
a large area of land of multiple groups of people are ruled by the same laws and government.
what is an empire?
to enjoy the simple things in life!
what did the innkeeper tell Gilgamesh?
the first person to write
who was hammurabi?
Empire.
The Assyrians developed the world first magor _______
the very first war in history.
what did the Sumerians fight in?
to train a wild animal to be useful to humans.
what does domesticate mean?
untapishtim.
who did Gilgamesh meet who told him that there was a great flood?
Enslaved people.
Powerful people, Common people _____________
to gain wealth like the Babylonians.
why did the Assyrians conquer other states?
land, crops, and probably livestock.
what did the Sumerians fight for?
the way a region or country uses its resources to produce or sell or trade goods and services to meet peoples needs and wants.
what is an economy?
reject it.
what did Gilgamesh do with the innkeeper's information?
Babylonians were the first to build a triple wall around their city.
what made the Babylonians so successful?
they were the first people to make head and body protection frokm iron.
what made the Assyrians powerful when fighting?
Elam.
who did sumer fight?
the geographic location in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers also known as "the land between two rivers"
what was Mesopotamia
they made him ill.
what did the gods make Gielgamesh when he slayed the bull?