Vocab
To train a wild animal to be useful to humans.
What does Domesticate mean?
To be famous.
What did Gilgamesh want?
To show everyone that his the king.
Why does Shamash wear that crown?
The first war was in 2700 BCE.
When was the first war?
Sumerians used stable food supply to invent two key inventions.
what did Sumerians use stable food supply for?
The business of farming, growing crops, and raising animals.
What does agriculture mean?
The monster Humbaba.
Who did Gilgamesh and Enkidu?
That where he rises from everyday.
Why is there mountains under Shamash's legs?
Wagons carried soldier, generals, spears, etc.
Who/what are the wagons carrying?
Govenment is used to direct people's behavior and make life orderly.
What is Government used to?
Fine particles of rock.
What does silt mean?
Her father.
Who does Ishtar ask to send a bull to punish Gilgamesh?
The builder is put to death.
What happens if the house falls on the owner?
The army listed 3 centeries
How much centeries did the army list?
Sumerians believed that there gods had a lot of power.
What did Sumerians believed?
An arc-shaped region in Southwest Asia, with rich soil.
What does fertile crescent mean?
The bull.
Who does Gilgamesh kill?
4,000 years ago.
How long ago did we have cities that are dependent on good crops yields?
The Mesopotamians captured in war were used as slaves.
When did Mesopotamians capture slaves?
Sumerians created paintings.
What did Sumerians creat?
A small, independent country with its own laws and government.
What does city-state mean?
To have so much power.
What did the gods consider as a crime?
King Hammurabi.
Who is smaller, king Hammurabi or Shamash?
Wagons pulled by animals.
What did Sumerians invent
3300 BCE.
When did Sumerians develop Cuneiform?