Sumer
Gilgamesh
Vocabulary
Hammurabi
Random
100

The houses that Sumerians lived in had flat roofs.

What were the houses in Sumer like? 

100

In the story of Gilgamesh, this girl falls in love with Gilgamesh.

Who was Ishtar?

100

This is known as business of farming, raising animals, and growing crops.

What is agriculture?

100

Hammurabi's Code was mostly fair to men.

Who was Hammurabi's Code fair for?

100

These animal pulled carts.

What are oxen?

200

The city states would go to war when this conflict happened.

What happened when a conflict started between the city-states?

200

Gilgamesh wanted to be famous.

What did Gilgamesh want?

200

It is type of writing that includes the use of wedge-shaped characters.

What is cuneiform?

200

This ancient artifact is about 4,000 years old.

How old is Hammurabi's Code?

200

This is the era when people shifted to farming and agriculture.

What was the Neolithic Era?

300

Sumer was in Mesopotamia.

Where was Sumer located in?

300

Gilgamesh's sidekick that sadly passed away.

Who was Enkidu?

300

This means to train animals for a humans benefit.

What does domesticate mean?

300

1792-1750 B.C.E. is when this person had power.

When did Hammurabi rule?

300

This place is often called "The Land Between the Two Rivers".

What is Mesopotamia?

400

Mesopotamia is located mostly in modern day Iraq.

Where is Mesopotamia located in today?

400

Ishtar asked her father to punish Gilgamesh.

What did Ishtar do after Gilgamesh said no to her?

400

This is an attack on a city, forcing it to surrender.

What is a siege?

400

The woman will be punished if this occurs.

What happens if a woman ruins her husband's house and runs away?

400

This pyramid-like structure was believed to be used by mostly gods.

What was a ziggurat used for?

500

This is what Sumer was mostly know for doing/creating.

What is Sumer mostly know for?

500

Gilgamesh got wiser in the end.

What happened to Gilgamesh in the end? 

500

This is a region in Southwest Asia with known for its soil.

What is the Fertile Crescent?

500

This code explains that if a builder builds a house and it falls and kills the owner, the builder shall be put to death.

What did the code #229 explain?

500

This horned crown was used to symbolize being a god.

What does the horned crown do?