Long Ago
Awhile Ago
The Law
This for That
Potpurri
100
Known as the old stone age
What is the Paleolithic Era?
100
Also known as the new stone age
What is the Neolithic Era?
100
Self governing entities in early Sumeria, each having their own set of laws.
What are city-states?
100
Use of these items allowed for trade and migration over large areas.
What are wheels and horses?
100
This people group is credited with the first alphabet.
What are the Phoenicians?
200
hunting and gathering
What is the primary way people ate in the Paleolithic Era?
200
Today, the neolithic era refers to the early stages of this
What is agriculture?
200
This King of Mesopotamia is credited with establishing a "code of law".
Who is Hammurabi?
200
This developed as a result of specialized labor.
What are social classes?
200
This earliest form of writing used pictures.
What is Cuneiform?
300
small bands of 30-50 people
How many did Paleolithic peeps hang with?
300
Thanks to agriculture, this happened to the world's population.
What is a population boom?
300
Hammurabi ruled from this capital city.
What is Babylon?
300
The largest cities of early society were on these.
What are rivers or other bodies of water?
300
This King reigned during the development of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
400
Natufian, Jomon and Chinook societies
What were among the first permanent settlements?
400
One of the earliest known neolithic villages.
What is Jericho?
400
Under Hammurabi's code, this was the punishment for adultery.
What is the death penalty?
400
The Phoenicians were best known for this type of trade.
What is maritime trade?
400
Best known example of reflective literature from Mesopotamia.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
500
This group of people deliberately buried their own using ritual observances.
What are Neandertals?
500
pottery, metalworking and textile production
What are the three earlist craft industries?
500
Hammurabi's code relied heavily on "lex talionis", which means this.
What is "law of retaliation"?
500
The Phoenicians had plenty of this to trade with the Israelite King Solomon.
What is cedar timber?
500
This people connquered Babylon and made it the capital of Mesopotamia.
Who are the Assyrians?
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