Chapter 06 - The First Civilizations

Question 1

Ch. 6: What is the title of the world’s first literature?

Answer 1

Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 2

Ch. 6: Who was Gilgamesh’s antagonist?

Answer 2

Enkidu, the rank, wild ass mofo.

Question 3

Ch. 6: What region was considered the birthplace of history.

Answer 3

Mesopotamia

Question 4

Ch. 6: The Sumerian civilization consisted of individual city-states united by a common culture and language until this twat conquered them.

Answer 4

Sargon of Akkad/Sargon the Great.

Question 5

Ch. 6: The control of what phenomenon, through creation of irrigation canals, led to the birth of organized trade, cities, writing, and civilization.

Answer 5

Flooding

Question 6

Ch. 6: What does Mesopotamia mean?

Answer 6

Greek for between two rivers

Question 7

Ch. 6: This person reigned over the Neo-Sumerian empire with his son, Shulgi, and established the first legal codes, further developed/standardized cuneiform, and built ziggurats and stepped pyramids.

Answer 7

Ur Nammu

Question 8

Ch. 6: This Amorite prince founded the great city of Babylon and the Babylonian Empire; and established a code of law with punishments such as an “eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth”.

Answer 8

Hammurabi

Question 9

Ch. 6: Incantations from this text were instructions for the resurrection f the pharaoh.

Answer 9

Pyramid Texts

Question 10

Ch. 6: This was the most durable of all the ancient civilizations, and was dubbed “the gift of the Nile” by the Greek historian, Herodotus.

Answer 10

Egypt

Question 11

Ch. 6: Small, rectangular, flat-roofed structure that was placed on top of a burial pit that resembled a bench.

Answer 11

Mastaba

Question 12

Ch. 6: King Djoser added to the mastaba with the construction of what making it the largest structure at that point in history?

Answer 12

Step Pyramid of Djoser.

Question 13

Ch. 6: History’s first known architect who built the Step Pyramid of Djoser.

Answer 13

Imhotep

Question 14

Ch. 6: These three forms would dominate Egyptian architecture for 2500 years.

Answer 14

Underground tomb, papyrus column/capital, ad pyramid

Question 15

Ch. 6: King Sneferu ordered construction of what three tombs for his final resting place?

Answer 15

Medium Pyramid, Bent Pyramid, and the Red Pyramid.

Question 16

King Sneferu’s son, Khufu, directed the build of what famous tomb?

Answer 16

The Great Pyramid and Giza

Question 17

Ch. 6: The oldest and largest monumental statue in the world.

Answer 17

The Great Sphinx

Question 18

Ch. 6: Which dynasty revived the building of pyramids?

Answer 18

Nubian empire.