Gilgamesh Test

Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia

Agriculturally rich land between the Tigris and Euphrates river (Fertile Crescent) home to several ancient civilizations including the Sumerians and the Babylonians and Assyrians

Cuneiform

Sumerian wedge-shaped written language, one of the world's first systems of writings

Code of Hammurabi

Collection of 282 laws regulating Babylonian life, giving a detailed portrayal of Mesopotamian culture.

The Great Library of Nineveh

Assyrian library that preserved clay tablets containing early Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian literature until they were discovered in the mid-nineteenth century

Sumer

Settlement compromised of city-states most notably Ur and Uruk, established sometime between 5000 and 4000 BC and conquered by Babylon sometime before 2000 BC. Close to Creation

Ziggurat

Pyramid- like temples that reveals the Sumerians advanced architectural practices

The Epic of Gilgamesh

The world's oldest surviving epic

before 2000 BC

When was the Epic of Gilgamesh written?

historical king of Uruk.

What was the Epic of Gilgamesh based on?

oral, library, ninevah

How was the Epic of Gilgamesh preserved? The story was passed down through _______ tradition before being recorded on clay tablets. 11 tablets containing nearly 3,000 lines of the epic were found in the ruins of the _______ of _______ by British archaeologists in the 19th century. Older versions found all over middle east.

Abel gave the best, Cain did not

How are Cain and Abel's offerings to God different?

angry and doesn’t take responsibility

Cain's Attitude after God favors Abel's offering

He hides it, lies, and back talks

Cain's Attitude after he kills Abel

curse, fugitive

How is Cain punished? With a _______, the ground will no longer supply what he needs, he will be a _______ and anyone who find him will attack him.

Descendants of Seth

Who are the sons of God?

Descendants of Cain

Who are the daughters of men?

intermarriage

Why do you think God's people have become corrupt?

regrets, flood

What is God's response to this corruption? He ________ making man and will blot out all men on earth with a _______

he was righteous

Why did Noah find favor with God?

Gossip to his brothers

What is Ham's reaction when he sees his father's shameful state?

they go to cover him

What are Sham and Japheth's reactions?

gossiped, help

Why does Noah curse Ham but bless and Japeth? Ham did not help his father, rather _______. While the other two saw the situation and decided to _______ him.

Esau, Samson

Describe the account of Ham's descendant, Nimrod. Who else does this sound like?

Self-absorbed; wanting to make a name for themselves rather God.

Describe the attitudes of the people who are building the tower of Babel.

To make a name for themselves

Why are they building the Tower of Babel?

they think they can do anything

Why does God confuse the language of the people and scatter them over the earth?

Allegory

Symbolic narrative; story with a double meaning

Parable

Short allegorical story designed to teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.

Fable

Short take to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters.