Prehistory and Geography
This revolution beginning roughly 10,000 years ago, saw humans shift to farming and permanent settlements.
The Neolithic (agricultural) Revolution
The wedge shaped writing system of early Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
Ancient Egyptians called their own land this, meaning 'black land,' after the fertile Nile silt
Kemet
Mohenjo Daro
These seafaring traders invented the alphabet and specilized in colonization around the Mediterranean.
Phoenicians
"Old Stone Age"
Paleolithic
This Amorite king United Mesopotamia under Babylon and was known for one of the earliest codes of law in human history
Hammurabi
This king is traditionally credited with unifying Upper and Lower Egypt around 3100 BCE
Narmer
Much of the undeciphered Indus script is found on these objects used for putting identifying information on stone tablets
Seals
This group of seaborne raiders is often blamed for widespread destruction during the 1200-1100s
The sea peoples
Geographers use this term to define large land masses often separated by oceans
Continents
This term describes the massive, stepped temple structures found in Mesopotamian city states
Ziggurats
This stone displayed a decree in hieroglyphics, Demotic Egyptian, and Greek
The Rosetta Stone
Shang Priests engraved these animal bones and turtle shells to seek answers from ancestors
Oracle Bones
This Anatolian Empire, centered at Hattusa, introduced iron weapons to the area before suddenly collapsing in 1200 BC
The Hittites
This Chinese river valley hosted one of the four great early river civilizations
Huange He- Yellow
This term translates to "big man" and describes early Mesopotamia leaders of city states
Lugal
This term was reserved for the Egyptian God King
Pharaoh
This major environmental shift may be one reason why the Indus Valley collapsed
Climate Change
This empire that survived the Bronze Age Collapse is known for siege warfare and ruling through terror
Assyrian
Historians use this term for the 2,000 year era in which societies relied on copper-tin alloy tools and weapons
Bronze Age
This Akkadian king is remembered as history's first empire builder
Sargon of Akkad
This Kushite kingdom also built pyramids, suggesting a close relationship with Egypt
Meroe
This Chinese concept, was used to show that emperors had legitimacy from the gods
Mandate of Heaven
This people is known for a covenant with one God, this covenant is recorded in the Torah and later the Bible
Israelites