The Early Humans
The Agricultural Revolution
Mesopotamia's Civlization
Sargon and Hammurabi
The Assyrians and the Chaldeans
100
What are people who move from place to place called?
Nomads.
100
What revolution took place during the Neolithic Age?
The agricultural revolution took place in the Neolithic Age. People began to farm.
100
What two rivers surrounded Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and Euphrates River.
100
What is a group of many different lands under one ruler?
An empire.
100
What was the Assyrian empire divided into?
They were divided into PROVINCES, which were governed by government officials who would collect taxes and enforce laws.
200
1. Who are people who study how humans developed and how they related to one another? 2. Who are people who hunt for evidence buried in the ground where settlements might once have been?
1. Anthropologists study how humans developed. 2. Archaeologists dig up and study artifacts.
200
Name at least three changes that the development of farming caused.
1. Change in diet (actually less healthy than hunter-gatherers) 2. Able to feed more people. Less starvation. 3. Able to stay in one place for a long time (causing diseases) 4. Longer and harder work. 5. Organized societies.
200
What are in southern Mesopotamia had many cities by 3000 B.C.
Sumer developed into many cities by 3000 B.C. This was dependent on the irrigation that developed in the area.
200
Which kind conquered all of Mesopotamia and created the first empire?
King Sargon of the Akkadians conquered all of Mesopotamia.
200
What kind of military warriors did the Assyrians have? (note: saying "fierce/large" is not a long enough answer)
1. Foot soldiers with spears and daggers 2. Expert archers (bow and arrows) 3. Chariot riders 4. Horseback soldiers 5. Used iron weapons
300
During the Mesolithic Age, how did people change in the way they got food?
They moved from hunting animals to herding animals. They were still mostly nomadic and moved from place to place, gathering food. They did NOT farm.
300
Name two of the earliest known Neolithic communities. (Hint: one is in present-day Turkey, and the other one is by present-day Israel and Jordan)
1. Jericho 2. Catal Huyuk
300
Give two facts about city-states.
1. Often went to war with one-another. 2. Had its own government. 3. Isolated by mudflats and patches of desert 4. Used river mud for buildings. 5. Believed in many gods. 6. Had grand temples called ziggurats. 7. Priests and priestesses had a lot of power.
300
Who is the Babylonian king who was known for his law code?
Hammurabi was known for his law code.
300
What did the Assyrians do to people who they conquered? (Name at least two things)
1. Set fire to their buildings 2. Drove people from their lands 3. Heavily taxed them 4. Took their goods
400
How did early humans have to adapt to living in the Ice Age?
1. Changing their diet 2. Building sturdier shelters. 3. Using animal furs 4. Mastering fire.
400
What is the development of different kinds of jobs?
Specialization.
400
What roles did men and women hold in Sumer?
MEN headed the households, decided who their children would marry, and could go to school. WOMEN could buy/sell property and run businesses.
400
What city was built in the 1800s B.C., after Sargon's rule? (Hint: this city is by the Euphrates River and later was an important center for trade).
Babylon.
400
Who did King Nebuchadnezzar build the Hanging Gardens for?
He built the Hanging Gardens for his wife, who was from the northwest and missed the mountains and plants from her home.
500
What major advancement took place during the Paleolithic times.
The development of spoken language.
500
Name two main differences between the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age.
PALEOLITHIC AGE - painted cave walls - hunted and gathered - learned how to make fire - created simple tools/shelters - created a language - women gathered, men hunted NEOLITHIC AGE - made pottery, carved objects, shelters, tombs - farmed, raised and herded animals - mud-brick houses, worship places - specialized jobs (e.g. using copper and bronze for tools) - women did household tasks, men herded, farmed, and protected
500
Name people from each of Sumer's three social classes?
UPPER CLASS = kings, priests, warriors, government officials. MIDDLE CLASS = artisans, merchants, farmers, fishers. LOWER CLASS = enslaved people on farms or temples.
500
Name two city projects that Hammurabi completed during his rule.
1. Law code 2. Irrigation ditches 3. City streets 4. Restored temples 5. Control the Euphrates River
500
What did the Chaldeans rebuild as the world's largest and richest city?
They rebuilt BABYLON as the world's largest and richest city.
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