first civilisations quiz

Question 1

gilgamesh

Answer 1

legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories

Question 2

enkidu

Answer 2

companion and friend of gilgamesh
hairy-bodied and brawny
he was raised by animals

Question 3

ishtar

Answer 3

mesopotamian goddess of love, sex, prostitution, and war

Question 4

humbaba

Answer 4

the fearsome demon who guards the Cedar Forest forbidden to mortals

Question 5

uta-napishti

Answer 5

survived great flood
was granted immortality by the gods
tells Gilgamesh how to get plant that bestows immortality

Question 6

bull of heaven

Answer 6

sent by ishtar to earth to harm gilgamesh and enkidu, but is instead killed by the two heroes

Question 7

tigris and euphrates

Answer 7

two rivers that form the outside border of mesopotamia
helped form the Fertile Crescent

Question 8

urshanabi

Answer 8

ferryman who travels daily across the sea of death to the home of uta-napishti

Question 8

uruk

Answer 8

one of the first and largest cities of ancient mesopotamia
gilgamesh built the walls surrounding it

Question 9

nun

Answer 9

the god of the primordial waters
said to be the source of the nile

Question 10

amun

Answer 10

god of air and wind, fertility god, eventually merges with the god, Ra

Question 10

ra

Answer 10

the sun god
famous for his battles with Apep
later merges with the god Amun

Question 11

horus

Answer 11

God of the sky, son of Osiris and Isis, defeats his uncle, Set, in an epic battle for the throne

Question 12

set

Answer 12

God of deserts, disorder, and violence, brother of Osiris, battles his nephew, Horus, for the throne

Question 13

osiris

Answer 13

Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead, his death and resurrection are closely tied to the flooding of the Nile

Question 14

isis

Answer 14

goddess of motherhood, wife of Osiris, resurrects Osiris when he is killed by Set

Question 15

anubis

Answer 15

God of mummification and embalming, dwells in the underworld, Duat, depicted with the head of a jackal

Question 16

thoth

Answer 16

God of wisdom, knowledge and writing, depicted with the head of an Ibis

Question 17

ma’at

Answer 17

Embodiment of truth, balance, and order, oversees the weighing of the heart ceremony, directly in opposition to Apep

Question 18

ptah

Answer 18

God of craftsmen and architects, speaks the universe into existence in the Memphite creation myth

Question 19

Sobek

Answer 19

God of power and military prowess, seen as a protective deity, depicted with the head of a crocodile

Question 20

Hathor

Answer 20

Goddess of love, the mother of pharoahs and kings, often depicted as a cow

Question 21

Nut, Shu, and Geb

Answer 21

Egyptian gods of sky, air and earth, respectively

Question 22

Ammitt

Answer 22

Demoness, devourer of souls, punisher of the wicked, eats the heart of those who are denied entry into Aaru (Field of Reeds)

Question 23

Ka

Answer 23

Part of the soul that represents one’s vital essence, lost in death, is rejoined with the Ba after navigating the Duat to form the Akh

Question 24

Ba

Answer 24

Part of the soul that represents one’s personality, travels through the Duat after death, depicted as a bird with a human head, joins with Ka to form the Akh

Question 24

The Weighing of the Heart

Answer 24

The ceremony that Egyptians believed decided whether a person’s soul moved onto the afterlife, overseen by Ma’at and other gods

Question 25

Duat

Answer 25

Egyptian underworld, depicted as a winding river or labyrinth

Question 25

Apep

Answer 25

The serpent of chaos, tries to kill Ra every night as he crosses the Duat, directly in opposition to Ma’at

Question 26

Aaru (Field of reeds)

Answer 26

Egyptian paradise, the Ka of the Nile River, depicted as a lush and fertile land, originally reserved only for pharoahs

Question 26

Akh

Answer 26

Combination of Ba and Ka, represents the final and perfect form of the soul

Question 27

Ra’s Crossing of the Duat

Answer 27

The sun god, Ra’s nightly journey across the duat, must fight off Apep in order to rise again for the next day

Question 28

Forty-Two Assessors of Ma’at

Answer 28

The judgement panel that hears the soul’s negative confession, helps determine the fate of one’s soul

Question 29

Lake of Fire

Answer 29

One of several gates of Duat, surrounded by baboons and braziers, Ra must travel through it on his journey across the Duat

Question 30

Hermopolitan Creation Myth

Answer 30

Creation myth associated with the Ogdoad, begins with Ra emerging from a lotus flower

Question 31

Heliopolitan Creation Myth

Answer 31

Creation myth associated with Atum and his bodily fluids, the Ennead is the focal group of gods

Question 32

Memphite myth

Answer 32

Creation myth associated with Ptah as he speaks the universe into existence, Found inscribed onto the Shabaka Stone

Question 33

Theban creation myth

Answer 33

The Creation myth associated with Amun, largely follows the Hermopolitan myth

Question 34

Osiris’ death

Answer 34

Occurs when Set tricks this god into a coffin and tosses him into the Nile

Question 35

Hippopotamus Challenge

Answer 35

Occurs when Set and Horus turn into animals, dive into the Nile, and see who can hold their breath the longest, ends when Isis starts throwing spears at them

Question 36

Isis and Horus’s Trick

Answer 36

Occurs when Isis spikes Set’s lettuce with Horus’s semen, this is what eventually allows Horus to defeat Set for the kingship

Question 37

The Nile river

Answer 37

The lifeblood of Ancient Egypt