Neolithic Revolution
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
When people started farming!
What were Mesopotamia's laws called?
Code of Hammurabi
Why were these cities called the Indus Valley Civilization?
Because they were around the Indus Valley
How can you describe the shape of the fertile crescent?
Crescent Moon
Croissant
Boomerang
Before they began farming, what did people have to do to get food.
HUNTING AND GATHERING by moving around chasing animals and searching for fruits and vegetables.
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between two rivers.
What did the Indus Valley Civilizations have more of than Mesopotamia?
Farmers
Irrigation/Plumbing
Priests
Was the Indus Valley Civilization in the Fertile Crescent?
NO
What were the 3 materials that weapons and tools were made of?
Bones
Wood
Stone
Name a King of one of Mesopotamia's city-states.
King Hammurabi
The Indus Valley Civilization was also called the _____________
(Double Points)
Harrapan Civilization
Which Civilization was in the Fertile Crescent?
Mesopotamia
Name one of the Eras of the Neolithic Revolution.
Double Points if you name all 3!
Paleolithic Era
Mesolithic Era
Neolithic Era
What's the name of one of the rivers that surrounded Mesopotamia?
(Double points if you can name both!)
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What was the main priority of the government?
Religion
and
Hygiene
Why did people choose to live in the Fertile Crescent?
It was great for farming
What was the Mesolithic Era known for?
Hunting AND Gathering
What type of buildings was Mesopotamia known for?
Ziggurats
The Hindu Mother Goddess was worshipped in the Indus Valley Civilization (AKA Harrapan Civilization). How did we find out they worshipped the Mother Goddess if they could not write?
We found lots of Art
(Drawing and Sculptures)
What were the first people who colonized the fertile crescent called?
Sumerians