1. What Sumerian city is Gilgamesh linked to? Uruk. Sumerian story about a man given a perfect body and super human strength The earliest cities emerged when? Mesopotamia means First complex society in southern Mesopotamian Eridu, Ur, Uruk, Lagash, Nippur, and Kish were all associated with Defeated the Babylonians in 1595 B.C.E. He created the first empire in Mesopotamia Religious pyramid in Mesopotamian

2. Uruk. Epic of Gilgamesh fourth millennium B.C. “the land between the rivers.” SumerMesopotamia. HittitesSargon of Akkadziggurat.

3. Mesopotamian empire- powerful army and used terror against enemy copper and tin make They developed Iron metallurgy First civilization to use the wheel In Mesopotamia, prisoners of war, convicted criminals, and heavily indebted individuals were the three main sources for Father heads the family and makes all decisions Mesopotamian writing Gilgamesh’s friend They believed in a monotheistic religion

4. Assyriansbronze Sumerians Slaves patriarchal cuneiform Enkidu Hebrews Hittites

5. They created an alphabet with 22 letters homeland of the Indo- European Indo-European migrants that created a large empire. Chariots Cities with- Organized government Complex religion Job specialization Social classes Arts and architecture Public works Writing Built and orderly society Code of laws – Civil and criminal Lex talionis Built Hanging gardens of Babylon Specialization of labor, military power and wealth led to Spread of ideas, customs, and technology from one people to another

6. Hittites Southern Russia Features of a civilizationHammurabilaw of retaliation King Nebuchadnezzar Social classes Cultural diffusion Phoenicians

7. Holy book of the Hebrew United the Hebrew tribes into one nation Founder of the Hebrews. Took his people to Canaan Hebrew word for God They hunted and Domesticated horses o pull carts – advantage in warfare They developed a 12 month calendar, 60 minute hour, 60 second minute

8. AbrahamDavid Yahweh Indo-EuropeansSumerians Torah