HI-101 - Quiz 1

Akkadians

"Semitic people" north of the Sumerian city-states

Cuneiform

"wedge-shaped." A system of writing developed by the Sumerians that consisted of wedge-shaped impressions made by a reed stylus on clay tablets.

Ziggurat

A massive stepped tower on which a temple dedicated to the chief god or goddess of a Sumerian city was built

Epic of Gilgamesh

An elaborate poem that records the exploits of a legendary king or Uruk.

Enuma Elish

Babylonian account of Creation

Hammurabi

Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (1792-1750 BC)

Sargon

Leader of the Akkadians

Sumerians

The creators of Mesopotamian civilization- origin remains unclear

Ur-Nammu

The founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur in Sumer

Mesopotamia

The valley between the Tigris and Euphrates River