The Ones Who Study
What does a Geographer study?
What is the earth, the land
What allowed hominins to survive in colder climates?
Fire and/or shelters
These people wrote down laws
What are Scribes
Process of preserving the dead.
What is mummification/mummy
What is Mrs. Johnson's husband's FIRST name?
Christian
An object made or used by people in the past is called
What is an Artifact
What would you find primarily drawn in caves?
To store water for later use.
Dams or Reservoirs
Group with the lowest social status (bottom of the pyramid)
Who are Artisans
Two rivers in which Sumer resided between
Euphrates and Tigris
Why do historians read diaries and letters from the past?
To find out what happened and why
Why the king was supported so strongly.
Believed he was supported by the gods.
The plant in which paper is made from.
Papyrus
The belief in many gods
Polytheism/polytheistic
Why is it difficult to study prehistoric history?
Lack of written evidence
What kind of shapes found in cave paintings are interpreted as being part of rituals?
What is Geometric
A written set of laws
Code of Hammurabi
Egypt signed the world's first peace treaty with who?
Who are the Hittites
Greek word for "home" or "household"
Oikos
Someone who studies the past through examining artifacts
What is an Archaeologist.
A person who studies human development.
What is an Anthropologist
Area in which the soil was good for crops
The Fertile Crescent
The first female Pharaoh
Who is Hatshepsut
Sign of rebirth (from Greek myth)
Sea foam/bubbles