Who used it first?
This civilization began using the wheel as a tool.
SUMER (MESOPOTAMIA)
Plumbing improved life for ancient peoples in these ways.
Plumbing made life CLEANER, LESS STINKY, and brought CLEAN WATER into the city so people could SAFELY COOK and WASH DISHES and CLOTHES. It took the WASTE WATER OUT OF THE CITY.
Trading got a lot easier when Greek city states started using these small tokens.
COINS. (Money)
"Using coins led to a kind of economic revolution." (Page 242, Textbook)
Observatories (places to view the sky) were used by these early South Americans.
MAYANS
CARAVANS
These people first used concrete as a building material.
SUMERIANS (MESOPOTAMIA)
This first GPS system made life easier for navigators and caravans.
The COMPASS used the magnetic force of the North and South poles to cause the arrow of the compass to point to the North. This allowed sailors and caravans to find their way without getting lost.
This Greek city-state loved war and military strength.
SPARTA.
This Mesoamerican culture developed a complex system of calendars.
These important resources and goods were part of the Trans Saharan trade.
GOLD, SALT, CLOTH, SWORDS, SLAVES, HORSES, IVORY, BOOKS
This civilization used the plow first.
SUMER (MESOPOTAMIA)
One of the first written social contracts based on laws.
What is HAMMURABI'S CODE.
It expanded the laws of Ur to include all of the Babylonian Empire.
This type of government began in Athens and allowed free-born male citizens to vote.
What is DEMOCRACY.
"The main political body of Athens was the assembly, which all free adult male citizens had the right to attend." (Page 230, Textbook).
This culture built artificial islands to make space for more farming. (called chinampa)
AZTECS
This African empire formed in the year 1100.
MALI
This civilization created gunpowder.
CHINA, Tang Dynasty, 9th Century
These two civilizations figured out systems of writing.
Scholars are not sure who developed writing first. However, EGYPTIANS and the SUMERIANS in Mesopotamia were both developing systems of writing about the same time. Sumerians had cuneiform writing as early as 3100 B.C.E. and Egyptians had hieroglyphs around 3200 B.C.E. (Page 109, Textbook)
Greek athletes competed in sports such as boxing, wrestling, and running.
THE OLYMPIC GAMES.
These games honored Zeus and took place every four years.
Aqueducts helped this Mesoamerican culture get water from Lake Texcoco.
Ibn Battuta kept journals of his travels through this continent.
AFRICA
The first paper prototype was created here AND they used this plant.
EGYPT
The ancient Egyptians made paper from PAPYRUS stalks. The white inner pith was peeled out and flattened by heavy pressure to make flat sheets that could be used for writing.
This word comes from the Latin word civis, meaning "resident of a city."
CIVILIZATION.
a complex society that has:
--cities
--well-organized government
--workers with specialized job skills
Modern medicine learned a lot from these two civilizations.
What is Egypt and Greece.
Greek doctors learned much from the Egyptian doctors. The studied different illnesses but also tried to learn why people got sick.
The ancient Aztec city of Tenochtitlan became the capital city of this large country.
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Learning to work with metals and weapons made this culture famous.
GHANA