Early Humans
Early Humans II
Civilization
Civilization II
First Empires
100
taming an animal or plant for use by humans
What is domestication
100
"Old Stone Age"
What is Paleolithic
100

known as the "Fertile Crescent"

What is Mesopotamia

100
The Sumerian writing system
What is cuneiform
100

Members of the upper class

who are kings and priests

200
Times of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered parts of the earth
What is Ice Age
200

The Hittites discovered how to make this

What is Iron

200
building dams, channels, walls,, and ditches to bring water to crops
What is irrigation
200
The writer of the legal code that covered most areas of daily life
Who is Hammurabi
200

These people are known for their fierce warriors

Who are the Assyrians

300
These people study artifacts and fossils to help them understand the past
Who are Archaeologists
300
Things made by humans long ago
What are artifacts
300

Term for the pyramid shaped temples

What is a Ziggurat?

300
Artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group
What is Middle Class
300

They are known as the carriers of civilization

Who are the Phoenicians

400
People who study and write about the human past
Who are historians
400

reason why some historians consider the Neolithic Revolution to be a turning point

What is because their lifestyle changed from hunting gathering to farming and formed villages

400
Group of many different lands under one ruler
What is empire
400
Long poem that tells the story of a hero
What is an Epic
400

Developed a way of making iron strong enough to use for weapons

Who are the Hittites

500

Term for what the first humans crossed to get to the Americas.

What is an Isthmus?

500
Sumerian building material
What is mud brick
500
Features of a civilization
What are cities, social class, religion, government, art, and writing
500
The King of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia
Who is Sargon
500

Leader of the New Babylon (Hard to pronounce)

Who is Nebuchadnezzar

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