What is the name given to the site of the earliest ancient settlements because it was a good location to grow crops.
What is the Fertile Cresent?
100
The age when people hunted and gathered their food.
What is the Paleolithic Age?
100
A water supply system invented by the Sumerians.
What are irrigation systems such as canals, dams and reservoirs.
100
A group of people led by Sargon who conquered the Sumerians in 2300 BCE due to effective military strategies.
Who are the Akkadians?
100
In 1922, archaeologists found this famous pharaoh's tomb.
Who is King Tut?
200
A salty sea in ancient Egypt that does not support life.
What is the Dead Sea?
200
The age where farming and animal herding began
What is the Neolithic Age?
200
Sumerians invented a tool for turning the soil in preparation of planting crops.
What is the plow?
200
An ancient Sumerian form of writing used by Akkadians to record achievements.
What is cuneiform?
200
This pharaoh is known for building the pyramids of ancient Egypt.
Who is Khufu?
300
The present day location of Sumer.
What is Iraq?
300
Drawings found that reveal the lives of ancient people.
What are cave paintings?
300
Among this group of people were skilled metalworkers.
What are artisans?
300
The leader of Babylon who conquered Mesopotamia and is best known for his code of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
300
This pharaoh is known as a patron of the arts and controlled mines filled with copper, gold and gems. He had the famous White Chapel created in his honor.
Who is Senusret?
400
A sea that borders ancient Egypt.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
400
People who moved often; hunting and gathering food.
What are nomads?
400
The bottom level of the Sumerian social structure.
What are slaves.
400
These Mesopotamian conquerors were greatly feared for their military might as they were highly skilled in siege warfare.
Who are the Assyrians?
400
This first female pharaoh is known for promoting trade with other countries, and is honored by Dayr al-Bahri temple built on a cliff above the Nile with over 200 sphinx statues.
Who is Hatshepsut?
500
A fresh water sea that provide water for the people of Canaan.
What is the Sea of Galilee?
500
In Neolithic times, people began a new practice of exchanging items they had plenty of for items they did not have.
What is trade?
500
The Sumerians were the first people to develop a system of specialized laws recorded by these people.
What are scribes?
500
This Neo-Babylonian leader decorated his palace with famous lush gardens called the Hanging Gardens of Babylon that is considered one of the great wonders of the Ancient World.
Who is Nebuchadrezzer?
500
This pharaoh was a fearless soldier and a peacemaker who signed the first peace treaty with the Hittites. He ruled for more than 60 years and ordered more temples built than any other pharaoh.