Agriculture
What did early civilizations grow in their farms?
Wheat, barley and dates.
Define civilization
organized/complex societies with government, religion, art, and language.
What year was this civilization developed?
3500 BCE
Define Mesopotamia
Land between rivers
Why did early civilizations need to regulate the water flow?
Floods
around what year did the first civilization begin?
8000 BCE
Name some of the first jobs created by the Sumerians
builders, warriors, blacksmiths...
Define Irrigation
canal like water system
What did they have to do once the civilization began having a surplus of crops?
Create more jobs, became a city.
Between what two rivers did Mesopotamia find its' home?
Euphrates and Tigris
How many years after Early Mesopotamia did the Sumerians build their first city?
5,500 years
Define Polytheism
Having many Gods
Define agriculture
The event of farming crops
Which religion did most early civilizations follow?
Polytheism: having many gods
What does BCE mean?
Before Common Era
Define Archeologist
a person who studies human history.
What system did the first civilization create to save their crops?
Irrigation system.
One what CONTINENT is Mesopotamia?
Europe
What type of buildings did the Sumerians develop?
Ziggurats
Define Relative dating
used to arrange archeological events, in a sequence, whats found on the bottom when excavating is older than whats on top.