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Location of famous prehistoric cave painting, located in France
What are the Caves of Lascaux?
One of the two rivers that creates Mesopotamia by flooding annually, leaving behind fertile silt.
The legendary first pharaoh of Egypt who united Upper and Lower regions
Who is King Menes?
The name of the writing developed by ancient Sumerians
What is cuneiform?
This word means "Year of our Lord" in Latin and is used to label dates for events occurring after the birth of Christ
What is Anno Domini, AD?
an early human who collects food like wild animals and edible plants
What is a hunter gatherer?
The process of humans controlling how river waters reach their crops, such as building ditches
What is irrigation?
This river gave life to all Egypt
What is the Nile River?
The first ancient civilization to start in Mesopotamia
What is Sumer?
A visual representation of time, with things that happened in the past on the left side and more recent events on the right hand side
What is a timeline?
a person with no fixed home who wanders from place to place, often in search of food
What is a nomad?
An organized society that has 1) a surplus of food and 2) division of labor
What is a civilization?
Egyptian god, the son of Isis and Osiris. The pharaoh was believed to be this god in human form.
Who is Horus?
A city and surrounding land that is independent and acts like its own country with its own government
What are city-states?
The abbreviated version of this term is CE
What is Common Era?
A period in human history where stone was the most advanced technology
What is the stone age?
The term used to describe the land where Europe, Asia and Africa all meet, location of the Fertile Crescent
What is the Middle East?
Ancient Egyptian pharaoh, possibly the real person who united Egypt.
Who is King Narmer?
The beliefs and social customs of a group of people
What are customs?
What is history?
History that occurred before the invention of writing
What is prehistory?
When an animal is tamed so it can live peacefully with humans, ex. cows, pigs, goats, chickens, dogs
What is domesticated?
Another ancient civilization located just south of Egypt along the Nile River
What is the Kingdom of Kush?
A cylinder-shaped piece of clay covered in backwards cuneiform, giving the ability to roll over clay and write the same things over and over
What is a seal?
A person who studies human history by studying written sources and physical objects
What is a historian?