APWH The History of Gilgamesh Flashcards

Welcome to this APWH, the history of Gilgamesh's flashcards. If you are into Mesopotamian history, you must have heard of the great king Gilgamesh and his many heroic adventures. If not, these flashcards will ensure that you do. Do give it a try and get to find out what you know about him and what is factual and myth.

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Gilgamesh was associated with what city?
Uruk
Enkidu was...
Gilgamesh's friend
The earliest urban societies developed in the
Fourth millenium BC
The word Mesopotamia means
The land between the cities
The first complex society developed in the southern Mesopotamian land of
Sumer
The word Semitic refers to
A language type
Eridu, Ur, Uruk, Lagash, Nippur and Kish were all associated with
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamian cultural and political brilliance reached its peak during the reign of
Hammurabi
What individual believed that the gods had chosen him to "Promote the welfare of people... [and] to cause justice to prevail in the land?"
Hammurabi
The words lex talionis relate to
The law of retaliation that appears in Hammurabi's Code
While Hammurabi's code was based on the concept of lex talionis, it was also shaped by
Social standing
The Babylonians eventually fell in 1595 BC to the
Hittites
The later Mesopotamian people who around 1000 BC built a large empire based on a powerful army with iron weapons and who made extensive use of terror were the
Assyrians
A Babylonian resurgence of power was led in the sixth century BC by
Nebuchadnezzar
The famous hanging gardens of the ancient world were located in
Babylon