Paleolithics
Neolithics
Mesopotamia
The First Empires
Potpourri
100
Paleolithics moved around a lot. They were known as what?
What is NOMADS
100
The prefix "neo" means
What is NEW
100
Between which two rivers was Mesopotamia built?
What is TIGRIS & EUPHRATES RIVERS
100
The capital of Assyria
What is NINEVAH
100
Artisans, merchants, farmers, & fishermen made up this class
What is MIDDLE CLASS
200
Sumerians writing system
What is CUNEIFORM
200
Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery
What is ARTISANS
200
This city was originally built by the Mesopotamians along the Euphrates River & later fell. It was reconstructed by the Assyrians.
What is BABYLON
200
A terraced garden created to please Nebuchadnezzar's wife who missed the mountains.
What is HANGING GARDENS
200
Taming wild animals and plants for human use (food, wool, clothing, etc.)
What is DOMESTICATION
300
Traces of plants & animals left in rocks
What is FOSSILS
300
When civilizations were able to stop moving around, they began a new technology that provided food for families
What is FARMING
300
The king of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia in 2340 BC
What is SARGON
300
This group of people who lived northwest of the Assyrians developed a special way of making iron stronger by heating, hammering, and cooling it.
What are the HITTITES
300
People who study & write about the past
What is a HISTORIAN
400
The type of material used for weapons during this period
What is STONE
400
People during the Neolithic period began to develop many different kinds of jobs. This is known as
What is SPECIALIZATION
400
King Hammurabi is best known for the creation of this
What is LAW CODE, or collection of laws
400
The Chaldeans were led by this king who rebuilt Babylon into a glorious center of their empire.
What is NEBUCHADNEZZAR
400
The study of human society
What is ANTHROPOLOGY
500
The reason Paleolithics moved around a lot
What is because they had to follow foods
500
The Neolithic period was after this age
What is ICE AGE
500
Men, mostly from wealthy families, were trained to write. These men kept records.
What are SCRIBES
500
Groups of traveling merchants who moved through the new Babylon selling pottery, cloth, baskets, and jewelry.
What are CARAVANS
500
List the 3 Ages that we've discussed in the correct order
What is STONE AGE, ICE AGE, BRONZE AGE
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