Vocabulary
Mesopotamia
Stone Age
Sumerians
Assyrians and Chaldeans
100
people who moved from place to place usually in bands of 30 or so
What are nomads?
100
this means "land between the rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
100
this means "old stone"
What is Paleolithic?
100
Sumerian kings, priests and government officials
What is the upper class?
100
people who developed a way to make iron stronger
Who were the Hittites?
200
weapons, tools and other things made by humans
What is an artifact?
200
these rivers "bounded" the Mesopotamian area
What is the Tigris and Euphrates
200
this means "new stone"
What is Neolithic
200
only a few people, mostly wealthy boys, went to school for this occupation
What is a scribe?
200
built by King Nebuchadezzar to please his wife
What are the Hanging Gardens?
300
a political district governed by officials
What is a province?
300
this region formed in the southern part of Mesopotamian
What is Sumer?
300
these were long periods of extreme cold
What are the Ice Ages?
300
built to please the chief god and known as the "mountain of heaven"
What is a ziggurat?
300
the city of the first library
What is Ninevah?
400
a group of many different lands under one ruler
What is an empire?
400
this group was from the Northern Mesopotamian area (and also conquered the Sumerians)
Who were the Akkadians?
400
this event was considered the most important event in human history
What is the Farming Revolution?
400
invented to help people carry goods from place to place
What is a wagon wheel?
400
known as the first large army to use iron weapons
What is the Assyrian Army?
500
a complex society that has cities, organized governments, art, religion, class divisions and a writing system
What is a civilization?
500
This epic was written on a Mesopotamian Cuneiform tablet
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
500
the oldest known community found in the Middle East
What is Jericho?
500
king of the group that conquered the Sumerians
Who is King Sargon?
500
became the world's largest and richest city, widely known for its beauty
What is Babylon?
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