Pre-history
The person studies history through written information and artifacts from the past.
Archeologist
Mesopotamia is also call the Fertile....
Crescent
This river flows through Egypt
The Nile River
This is fine, rocky soil rich in minerals left behind by flooding rivers
silt
Which continent is Egypt on?
Africa
Early art was discovered on what?
The walls of caves
What are the two rivers in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
This stone palette tells the story of how Egypt was united under one king.
Narmer's Palette
When an animal is tamed so that it can live peacefully with humans
domesticated
Name something invented by the Sumerians
Open Ended: some ideas include....the wheel, writing, counting, farming tools, harp, lyre,
Humans have existed for about this long
Over 100,000 years.
This is a Sumerian temple built to honor their gods.
A ziggurat
The is the title given to an Egyptian king
pharaoh
The process of humans controlling how river water reaches their crops, such as building ditches.
Irrigation
This civilization's writing has not been deciphered and is still a mystery
Indus Valley, Harappa, Mohenjo Daro
What continent did first modern humans live on?
Africa
This is the Sumerian form of writing that was carved into clay.
Cuneiform
The famous stone, carved in three laguages, unlocked the code to reading hieroglyphs
The Rosetta Stone
A person with no fixed home who wanders from place to place, often in search of food.
Nomad
"History" begins the the invention of this
writing
How did early man usually kill a woolly mammoth?
Chased them off of a cliff
Mesopotamia is located in today's present country
Iraq
This oval shape found carved under tombs, statues, and buildings includes the hieroglyphs of important leaders including pharaohs.
A cartouche
A person who collects food to eat by hunting wild animals and gathering edible plants
Hunter Gatherer
What does B.C. E stand for?
Before Common Era