Chapter 3: The Rise of Aristocracy

Question 1

2700 B.C.

Answer 1

When the king Enmegaraggesi ruled. He was the twenty second king that ruled after the flood. 2700 B.C. was also the first date the could we could assign to a Sumerian king

Question 2

Aristocracy

Answer 2

The highest class in society, a form of power through nobility. The heir of a king, that is born to rule.

Question 3

Etana

Answer 3

He is said to have ascended into heaven. He reigned for 1,560 years as king.

Question 4

Kish

Answer 4

To the north of Mesopotamia. It is surrounded by cornfields, and it became the new center of kingship.

Question 5

Euphrates (Uruttu)

Answer 5

Western river northward of the Persian gulf. One of the rivers that came apart from one braided stream of water that once watered the valley.

Question 6

Tigris (Idiglat)

Answer 6

Eastern river northward of the Persian gulf. One of the rivers that came apart from one braided stream of water that once watered the valley.

Question 7

“The First Dynasty of Kish”

Answer 7

The new Sumerian list of kings kept after the flood. It keeps tracks of all the men that ruled in Kish.