Neolithic Revolution
This word means "Old Stone".
What is Paleolithic?
This is the land between two rivers.
Mesopotamia
The first codified code of law that applied across the Babylonian Empire.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
The belief in one god.
What is monotheism?
This is John's favorite NFL team. Go Birds!
Who are the Philadelphia Eagles?
What is Africa?
This collection of city-states emerged in Mesopotamia around 4500-4000 BCE.
What is Ancient Sumer?
This was the founder and first leader of the Akkadian Empire.
Who is Sargon of Akkad?
The founder of Judaism who made a covenant with God.
Who is Abraham?
Who is Ryan?
During the Neolithic Period, humans developed this way of producing food.
What is farming?
Sumerians used this system of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops.
What is irrigation?
The Assyrian Empire was able to conquer vast territories largely due to their mastery of smelting this type of metal.
What is iron?
The compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. Includes the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
What is the Torah?
This historical thinking skill involves analyzing the similarities and differences of two or more topics.
What is comparison?
This is one outcome of the Neolithic Revolution where instead of all humans having to be food producers they would serve in other occupations.
What is Job Specialization?
This pictographic language was developed by the Sumerians and was known for its wedge-shaped characters.
What is Cuneiform?
The Akkadian Empire largely ruled over the cities they conquered by collecting this from them in the form of currency, resources, or even slaves.
What is tribute?
This term means the spread of people from their original homeland. Often used to refer to the time when the Jews were exiled from Israel.
What is diaspora?
John served in this branch of the military.
What is the Army?
One reason the Neolithic Revolution began was because this geological period on Earth ended.
What is an Ice Age?
These religious structures, shaped like pyramids, were where Ancient Mesopotamians often held rituals like human sacrifice to honor their gods.
What is a ziggurat?
This is a form of government used by the Akkadians where the empire or state is run by officials who divide up responsibilities such as governing regions of an empire or advising a ruler.
What is a bureaucracy?
This was the land promised to the Israelites in exchange for their worship and belief in God.
What is Canaan or Israel?
John's wife's name.
Who is Christine?