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Literally means "between rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
Huge mudbrick structure that served as civic center, treasury, and temple in Mesopotamia
What is a Ziggurat?
King who created the oldest extant law code in recorded history
Who is Hammurabi?
Epic hero who goes on a quest to discover the secret of immortality
Who is Gilgamesh?
Two rivers associated with Mesopotamia
What are Trigris and Euphrates?
The revolution that began in this region and brought an end to hunting and gathering.
What is agriculture?
Sumerian sun god and lawgiver
Who is Shamash?
means "many gods" and identifies type of belief system of ancient Mesopotamians
What is polytheism?
Invented around 3000 bce, this was used to make transportation, farming, and trade more efficient.
What is the wheel?
Egyptian leaders were referred to by this word, which literally means "great house."
Who are pharaohs?
Gilgamesh's best friend who gets killed
Enkidu
System of beliefs, values, behaviors, and traditions shared by a large group of people over a significant period of time that is handed down from generation to generation.
What is culture?
Technique of preparing the pharaoh's body for burial that entails removing all vital organs except for the heart and preserving the corpse for reanimation in the afterlife.
What is mummification?
A collection of urban areas and farmlands that organized Mesopotamian culture.
What are city states?
Sumerian goddess who wants to marry Gilgamesh and punishes him for not accepting her proposal
Ishtar
One of the earliest known written languages that dates back to 3300 bce
What is Sumerian?
This was invented to aid in surveying land and charting astronomical movements.
What is math?
Assyrian King whose wall art chronicles the Epic of Gilbamesh
Who is Ashurbanipal?
The lowest class was made up of women, children and this group.
What are slaves?