TAS Mesopotamia Review

Gilgamesh

100

What was the name of the man that Gilgamesh met after he crossed the "Waters of Death"? 

Utnapishtim 

200

What was the name of Gilgamesh's best friend who challenged him? 

Enkidu

300

Why did Gilgamesh sail across the "Waters of death"? What was he trying to achieve?

Everlasting life/immortality 

400

List two antagonists that Gilgamesh encountered?

Humbaba, the Bull of Heaven, Ishtar 

500

What was the name of the city that Gilgamesh ruled over? 

Uruk

Sumerians

100

Who was the world's first female author (and quite possibly the world's first author)? 

Enheduanna

200

What was the name of the large temple at the center of Sumerian city-states?

Ziggurat

300

Sumerian math was based around which number?

60

400

Sumerian Cuneiform was first used to record what?

Business transactions 

500

The cylinder seal in Mesopotamia is similar to which other invention we discussed from another civilization?

Yin Zhang (印章)

Hammurabi

100

If a married woman is caught lying with another man, what is the punishment? 

"both shall be bound and thrown into the river" 

200

According to the textbook, how many laws were included in the code?

282

300

How many years did Hammurabi rule for?

42

400

Which city-state did Hammurabi rule over?

Babylon

500

According to our in-class debate, what was the punishment for a doctor that failed to perform a surgery correctly?  

His/her hand will be cut off

Flood mythology

100

What were the four myths we discussed during the Harkness discussion?

Indus, Nile, Taiwan, China 

200

Name two flood myths where the survivors were instructed to build a boat to survive.

Mesopotamia - Utnapishtim

The bible - Noah 

India - "a wise man"  

300

In this civilization, the flood was a GOOD thing.

Egypt / the Nile 

400

What was the name of the person in China that diverted the rivers to prevent destructive flooding?

Yu the Engineer

500

The mythology Crash Course we watched said that the two primary characteristics of a myth are... 

"significance" and "staying power"

This and that

100

What were two of the important resources that Phoenecia had? 

Purple dye, cedar trees

200

In our civilization simulation, which civilization "won"? 

The civilization that built the catapult. 

300

When an area is densely populated we say it is ______. We often refer to the countryside the area can be described as ________. (these were key terms)

urban and rural

400

Because early Cuneiform was based on images, we say that the language was _______. Becuase the Phonecians language was based on sounds, this language included ___________.  

pictographical

an alphabet

500

Name 5 gods that were at "Gods Party"

TOO MANY TO LIST!!