Mesopotamia Written Language

What tools were needed to write in ancient Sumer?

 

• papyrus

• ink

• clay tablet & paint

• stylus & clay tablet

• paint & stylus

Identify three things that scribes in Sumer were responsible for writing. 

What are stories about the gods called?

• epic

• myths

• scribes

• a flood

Why did Gilgamesh and Enkidu go to the cedar forest?

Why does Gilgamesh seek to find the man who survived the great flood?

• to find the secret of immortality

• to bring his friend Enkidu back to life

• to find his way back home

• to learn more about the flood

By the end of the Epic of Gilgamesh, what lesson does Gilgamesh learn?