Gilgamesh
Vocab
Hammurabi's code
Characters of a civilization
Inventions
100

 He is Gilgamesh's best friend/side-kick.

Who is Enikidu?

100

A form of writting was used to write Hammurabi's code.

What is cuneiform?

100

Hammurabi's code is written in this language.

What is Akkadian?

100

Sumerians created cuneiform around this year.

What is 33000 B.C.E?

100

This helps all the wheels move together in one motion.

What is an axle?

200

The goddess of love.

Who is Ishtar?

200

This is to train a wild animal to be helpful to humans.

What does domesticate mean?

200

King Hammurabi stayed on the throne from these years.

What is 1792-1750 B.C.E?

200

Sumerians grew crops,settle disputes and built a ziggurat.

How did they try to please the gods?

200

Sumerians made pottery by using this.

What is a turning wheel?

300

The gods punished Gilgamesh and Enikidu because of this. 

What is a crime to be so powerful?

300

This is a fine partial of rock.

What is silt?

300

King Hammurabi made this many laws.

What is 300?

300

A stable food supply ensures that people of a society have this.

what is enough food?

300

 Mesopotamian tablets from this many years ago show that beer existed.

What is 6,000 years?

400

Gilgamesh looked for this after the death of Enikidu.

What is eternal life?

400

This is when water is transported from one place to another.

What is irrigation?

400

Hammurabi's laws are this many years old.

What is 4,000 years?

400

This is something that improved peoples lives.

What is technology?

400

This was when the royal game was made.

What is 2500 BC?

500

The name of the god who told Gilgamesh about eternal life.

Who is Utnapishtim?

500

This is a military blockage forcing a city to surrender.

What is a seige?

500

A man would do this by selling his wife or children or by making his family work for 3 years.

 How can a man pay off his debt?

500

Priests,kings,nobles and government officials.

Who were a part of the highest level of a social structure?

500

This invention helped bring soldiers and generals to battle.

What is a wagon?