Vocab
To train a wild animal to be useful to humans.
What is domesticate?
The creator of the laws of Babylonia.
Who was Hammurabi?
An object that was used to make plows and help make pottery.
What is a wheel?
The artistic writing that they use to help with letters and business transactions.
The crazy lover of Gilgamesh.
Who is Ishtar?
An arc-shaped region in Southwest Asia, with rich soil
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Made of metal and steel. What Babylonia first used in war.
What is body armor?
Objects or items that were made out of clay and then dried so people could use them.
What is the King?
The monster that Gilgamesh and Enkidu slayed.
Who was Humbaba?
Fine particles of rock.
What is silt?
There were this many laws in Hammurabi's code.
What is 282?
A writing form that was made with clay that was engraved.
What is cuneiform?
They used this to help them with their Stable Food Supply
What is the plow?
The animal that Ishtar's father sends to kill Gilgamesh.
What is the Bull of Heaven?
A crafts person
What is an artisan?
How long Hammurabi's laws have been around.
What is 4000 years?
What is a chariot?
The part of bridges that added beauty and strength.
What is an arch?
The god who became immortal during a great flood.
Who is Utnapishtim?
A large area of land where multiple groups of people are ruled by the same laws and government.
What is an empire?
The first of them in the world; what they're famous for.
What is a Metropolis?
Babylonia made some of the first ones.
What are weapons?
An musical instrument they believed might bring joy to the gods.
What is a lyre?
What is Uruk?