Gilgamesh
Vocab
Characteristics of a Civilization
Hammurabi's code
Babylonia
100

They killed the monster Humbaba.

What monster did Gilgamesh and Enkidu kill?

100

To train a wild animal to be useful to humans.

What is domesticate?

100

They designed temples and ziggurats.

What did architetcs design?
100

Because the laws were all against women.

Why was Hammurabi's codes considered strict?

100

They gained it by conquering its neighbors.

How did Babylonia conquer its wealth? 

200

He became determined to find how he could live forever.

How did Gilgamesh react to Enkidu's death?

200

A symbol that stands for an object.

What is pictograph?

200

They used it to ensure they had enough water and food.

What did Sumerians use a stable food supply for?

200

It is nearly 4,000 years old.

How old is the Law Code Stele of King Hammurabi?

200

A giant city carefully designed with massive buildings, public squares, libraries, works of art and fortresses.

What is metropolis?

300

Utnapishtim.

Who told Gilgamesh that a great flood gave him eternal life?

300

Fine particles of rock.

What is silt?

300

They developed it around 3300 B.C.E.

When did Sumerians developed cuneiform?

300

It means the mountains that he rises from everyday.

What does the mountains under Shamah's feet means?

300

He was the first leader to write a code for laws.

Why was King Hammurabi important?

400

Gilgamesh killed it.

How did the Bull of Heaven die?

400

A type of writing that uses wedge-shaped characters.

What is cuneiform?

400

By growing crops and making Sumerian statues.

How did Sumerians try to please their gods?

400

It is the prologue.

What is the first part of the stele?

400

They were the first to build massive double or even triple walls around their city.

Babylonians were the first to build what around their city?

500

Seven days and seven nights.

What method that failed giving Gilgamesh eternal life?

500

The belief that there are many gods.

What is polytheism?

500

They created the wheel.

What piece of technology did they create?

500

It's the epilogue.

What is the third part of the stele. 

500

It is the modern nation Iraq now.

Where is the ancient city of Babylon located now?