Mesopotamia Culture
In order to maintain power structures, the Mesopotamians invented this economic structure.
Taxes
Despite her being the goddess of love, Gilgamesh denies this woman's advances, leading to her threatening the gods to put him in his place
Ishtar
This real city, believed to have been ruled by the a real king named Gilgamesh, is the primary setting of the epic of epic that bears his name
Uruk
This brother/sister pair of gods that were also husband and wife are the namesake of the most famous Egyptian myth
Isis and Osiris
This process was necessary for an Egyptian to enter the afterlife and have their heart weighed
Mummification
This queen of the House of Dust was both feared and respected, perhaps because there was no way to escape her domain.
Ereshkigal
Gilgamesh and Enkidu defeat this husband of Ereshkigal in the streets of Uruk
The Bull of Heaven
This reed growing along the Nile was the source of one of ancient Egypt's most crucial technological developments
Papyrus
This beast of a god is naught but evil and malice for his siblings; the very incarnation of destruction
Seth
The collection of spells and instructions was also necessary to navigate the afterlife once you got there
The Book of the Dead
This king of Babylon is credited with the world's first law code.
Hammurabi
This "lady of the night" tames Enkidu and brings him to Uruk as more human than beast
Shamhat
Modern day Egypt, India, China, and Iraq are the locations of these ancient settlements.
The River Valley Civilizations
This son of Seth was said to guide Egyptians through the afterlife after Osiris had weighed their hearts. He also invented mummification
Anubis
This special salt was used in the process of mummification to preserve the body
Natron
The first written language on earth, developed by Mesopotamia, is called
Cuneiform
The defeat of this blessed monster causes the gods to decide that Enkidu and Gilgamesh are too powerful, and one of them must die
Humbaba
Ancient Mesopotamia was mostly situated between these two rivers.
Tigris and Euphrates
This avian god is said to be one god of the moon and master of magic, though he is best known as the god of wisdom
Thoth
These writings are considered the earliest religious texts ever found
Pyramid Texts
This modern idiom relating to how revenge should be conducted was originally found in Hammurabi's law code
An Eye for an Eye
Following the death of Enkidu, Gilgamesh seeks out this man in the hopes of gaining immortality
Utnapishtim
This pharaoh instituted a worship of the sun god alone in Ancient Egypt, a choice which would much later make Egyptians more willing to convert to Christianity
Akhenaten
This goddess of the Nile kept infant Horus safe while Isis searched for Osiris
Sobek
Canopic Jars were used to contain these organs post-mummification so that the dead could still have them in the afterlife (3 out of 4 correct requires)
Liver, lungs, intestines, and stomach