Enduring Issues
Prehistory
Features of Civilization
Ancient Cities
Innovations & Creations
100
The Babylonians invading Assyria is an example of this enduring issue
What is Conflict?
100
A person who lives by moving from one place to another following food sources
What is a Nomad?
100
Judaism, Christianity, and Hinduism are all examples of this feature of a civilization
What is Complex Religion?
100
Most ancient cities settled along one of these geographic features
What are rivers?
100
This was used as a tool for writing on papyrus
What is a stylus?
200
How humans and the environment affect one another
What is Human-Environment Interaction?
200
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
200
The feature shown in the image below: *$200 bonus if you can name it!*
What is a city?
200
A favorite group activity of the Sumerians, it was common for people to sit around drinking this alcoholic beverage from a large jar with long straws.
What is Beer
200
The innovation being showed here:
What is irrigation?
300
The state of not having enough of something
What is scarcity?
300
Also known as the "Stone Age"
What is the Paleolithic Era?
300
The Pyramids are an example of this feature of civilization
What is Arts & Architecture
300
This semi-mythical hero was king of the city of Uruk
Who is Gilgamesh
300
This consists of 282 laws that were carved in stone and placed all over his empire for people to read
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
400
This enduring issue shapes the way we look at the world
What is Ideas & Beliefs?
400
Mesopotamia is credited with developing this invaluable system to allow for permanent settlement
What is Agriculture
400
Widely credited as the first written language
What is Cuneiform
400
Aside from conquests and lion hunting, Ashurbanipal is well-renowned for this structure in his capital
What is a Library
400
The innovation being showed here:
What is Terrace Farming?
500
Hammurabi's strict reign over Babylon is an example of this enduring issue
What is Desire for Power?
500
The Neolithic Revolution is considered this type of event in history that changed the way Paleolithic people lived their lives
What is a Turning Point
500
The exchange of goods and ideas when different cultures come in contact
What is Cultural Diffusion?
500
This city was capital of the Assyrian Empire and its fall would symbolize the end of Assyria's dominance in the region.
What is Nineveh
500
Mud brick making is known to have been used for over this many years
What is 5000