Mesopotamia Flashcards
Euphrates River Location
The lower river of the pair on the map
What was the Beer Rationing Tablet
It was a form of accounting beer in which they inscribed marks using a stylus. It is known as one of the oldest forms of writing.
What was the White Temple?
It was a temple built to the god Anu. It sat on top of a ziggurat and contained some of the earliest writing inside.
What was the Standard of Ur?
It was a piece of art that displayed the hierarchy of power in ancient Mesopotamia. There were two sides, one of peace and one of war. On the peace side, the lower citizens brought food and gifts to their King, the largest person at the top of the piece. The other side showed the people in battle and how they would protect and fight alongside their king.
What was the Stele Code of Hammurabi?
The piece was a script of the law code created by Hammurabi. Above the script was an image of Hammurabi and a god. The god is giving items to Hammurabi, displaying that his word comes from the gods.
What was the Ishtar Gate of Babylon?
The Ishtar Gate was dedicated to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar (also known as Inanna), associated with love, war, and fertility.
What site features monumental buildings prior to the adoption of agriculture?
Gobekli Tepe
When was the Beer Rationing Tablet created?
3100-3000 BCE
When was the Ziggurat and White Temple created?
4000 BCE
When was the Standard of Ur created?
2600-2400 BCE
When was the Stele Code of Hammurabi created?
1755-1750 BCE
When was the Ishtar Gate of Babylon created?
569 BCE
Who created the Beer Rationing Tablet?
Sumerians
Who created Ziggurats and the White Temple?
Sumerians
Tigris River Location
The upper river of the pair on the map
Jericho Location
City closest to the Mediterranean Sea, far west
Gobekli Tepe Location
Northernmost city, in between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Babylon Location
Placed where the rivers also meet, in between the rivers.
Uruk Location
Southern Mesopotamia closest to Ur. North part of the Euphrates.
Ur Location
Southern Mesopotamia closes to Uruk. South part of the Euphrates
Susa Location
Eastern most city
Where was the Beer Rationing Tablet found?
Uruk
Where was the Ziggurats and White Temple found?
Uruk
Where was the Standard of Ur?
Ur
Where was the Stele Code of Hammurabi?
Babylon
Where was the Ishtar Gate located?
Babylon
What was a ziggurat?
A pyramidal, temple tower made of mud-brick and found in Mesopotamia.
Who created the Standard of Ur?
Sumerians
Who created the Stele Code of Hammurabi?
Babylonians
Who created the Ishtar Gate?
Neo-Babylonians
Who was Gilgamesh?
King of Uruk who went on many quests.
Who was Enkidu?
Man created as companion for Gilgamesh
Who was Humbaba?
Giant appointed by Enlil to protect the Cedar Forest, killed by Gilgamesh and Enkidu
Who was Ishtar in the Epic of Gilgamesh?
The goddess of love. She proposed to Gilgamesh who rejected her by stating the condition of all her past lovers. She sent the Bull of Heavens to attack the duo, but they killed it.
Who was Enlil?
Sumerian god of storms and air. Created the great flood
Who was Utnapishtim?
A man tasked by the gods to abandon all worldly possessions and build a boat
A bring along his family, important people and animals and after waiting on a mountain, the gods came, because he preserved life and trusted the gods, he and his wife gained god status and immortality
When was Gilgamesh king?
2900-2350 BCE
When was the Standard Version of the Epic of Gilgamesh written?
1300-1100 BCE
When was The Epic of Gilgamesh collected in Assurbanipal’s library?
700 BCE
When did the Sumerians rule first?
3000-2350 BCE
When did the Akkadians rule?
2350-2100 BCE
When did the Sumerians rule a second time?
2100-2000 BCE
When was the Old Assyrian Period/ Old Babylonian Period?
2000-1700 BCE
When was the Middle Assyrian/Babylonian Period
1600-1200 BCE
When was the Bronze Age Collapse and the start of the Iron Age?
1200-1000 BCE
When was the Neo-Babylonian Empire?
611 BCE
When did the Neo-Assyrian Empire conquer Babylon?
750-612 BCE
When was Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Period?
331-133 BCE
When was the Parthian Empire?
141 BCE - 224 CE
When was the Persian Empire?
559-331 BCE
