Vocabulary
This large temple was located in the center of each Sumerian city-state.
The story of Gilgamesh was written as a long poem called an _________
epic
Southern
Person who studies the stars and heavenly bodies
astronomer
True or False: Sumer was a country with a singular ruler.
False
Sumerian writing system
cuneiform
Why did Ishtar ask her father, Anu, to send the Bull of Heaven to Uruk?
Because Gilgamesh rejected her. He would not marry her.
Mesopotamia was located between and around which two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
Worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand
artisan
Who started the world's first empire by conquering Sumer and all of Mesopotamia?
Sargon
Use of walls, waterways, and ditches to bring water to crops
irrigation
A snake ate it while Gilgamesh was sleeping and then turned young before slithering away.
The climate of Mesopotamia was hot and dry, but people could grow crops there because of the fertile soil along the riverbanks called _______.
silt
A person who digs up rocks and minerals
miner
Hammurabi is well-known for his code of laws, but he was also the great king of ___________.
Babylon
believing in more than one god
polytheism
What part of the Epic of Gilgamesh is similar to a story from the Bible?
the story of the great flood
Akkad
A person who travels in caravans to sell goods
merchant
Name 3 things that the Sumerians used rivers for.
Fishing
Bathing
Drinking water
Transportation (Boat)
Protection
Hammurabi's code was written on a large stone pillar called a ____________
stele
What is one lesson that Gilgamesh learns by the end of the story?
He should appreciate his life now rather than trying to live forever.
He can live on in stories.
Friendship is more important than glory.
Mesopotamia was mainly located in which two modern countries.
Syria and Iraq
Only the boys in rich families could go to school to become one of these
scribe
Name four things that were invented in Sumer that we still use today.
60-second minute
wheel
plow
astronomy
arch
writing
math
sailboat
irrigation
astrology
board games