Vocabulary
Early Humans
Mesopotamian
Civilizations
New Empires
100
This is the meaning of the Paleolithic Age.
What is the "Old Stone Age"
100
Archeologists search for these to learn about early people and civilizations.
What are artifacts.
100
This is what Mesopotamia means.
What is the land between two rivers.
100
This is the country that took over Mesopotamia.
What is Assyria.
200
This is the academic term for "New Stone Age."
What is the Neolithic Age.
200
These people research ancients civilizations and their interactions with each other.
What are anthropologists.
200
This is a complex society
What is a civilization.
200
This is the capital city of the Chaldeans
What is Babylon
300
These are people who travel from place to place.
What are nomads.
300
This describes when humans began to tame animals.
What is domestication.
300
This is the form of writing the Sumerians inveted.
What is Cuneiform.
300
He is the leader of the Chaldean empire.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar.
400
What is the term for political districts within and empire?
What is a province.
400
This occurred when not everyone was needed for farming.
What is specialization.
400
These are two reasons the first civilizations were created in the Mesopotamian river valley.
What is good soil and water.
400
The Assyrians learned to make iron weapons from these people.
Who are the Hittites.
500
This is a group of traveling merchants.
What is a caravan
500
This is the nickname for the early hominid found by Donald Johanson.
What is Lucy.
500
Sargon, the Akkadian ruler, created the worlds first_______.
What is an empire.
500
The Chaldeans contributed this to our modern calendar.
What is the seven day week.
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