1.1 Early Humans
What group of people learned how to use fire?
Paleolithic
He was the king of the Babylonians and ruled all of Mesopotamia.
Hammurabi
Nineveh
Group of people who regularly move from place to place
Nomads
What two rivers flow through Mesopotamia?
Tigris River & Euphrates River
Jericho
Kings, priests, and government officials made up which social class?
Upper class
What were the Assyrians known as?
Ferocious warriors
Sumerian system of writing made up of wedge-shaped markings
Cuneiform
Taurus & Zagros mountains
This led to the end of the Paleolithic Age and the beginning of the Neolithic Age
Farming Revolution
This person was the king of the Akkadians and in 2340 B.C. he took over all of Mesopotamia.
Sargon
What group of people overtook the Chaldean empire?
Persian empire
city that had its own government and was not a part of a larger unit
city-state
Name 2 major empires
Sumer, Babylon, Assyria
What items did the Paleolithic humans search for?
animal meat, berries, nuts, fruits, grains, plants, etc
This was the world's first empire
Sumer
The Chaldeans were the descendants of what former empire?
The Babylonians
groups of traveling merchants
caravans
The flat plain inside Mesopotamia where many empires set up their capital is called?
Fertile Crescent
Name 2 advancements of the Paleolithic Age
use of fire, spoken language, stone tools, cave paintings
Sumerians are known for their advancements! Name 3 advancements that the Sumerians created that we still use today.
wagon wheel, 360 degree circle, 60 minute hour, 60 second minute, sailboat, written language, irrigation, plow, 12 mo. calendar
Mesopotamia has had many empires throughout history, from Sumer-the Chaldeans, why do you think there have been so many different empires?
Mesopotamia was a large and vast empire. The head king cannot be in multiple places at once; he usually stayed in the capital. Some citizens would use this to their advantage and rebel in their city-state and take over the king of their city-state. Over time, many city-states, or provinces were taken over by their people leading to a revolution and the rising of a new empire.
A flat plain in what is now southern Iraq; it is the site of the earliest known civilization
Mesopotamia
Why were the Tigris & Euphrates River important to Mesopotamia?
It provided water and transportation for those settled in Mesopotamia. It also allowed for trade within the empires. Irrigation would also not be accessible without the Tigris & Euphrates River