Geography
a particular position or point in space. on the earth surface
place
this was the reason people settled in Mesopotamia
fertile soil
this is how we know they ways of ancient people
artifacts
Tombs of ancient Eqypt
Pyramids
the reason so many items had to imported in Greece
little farmland and no major rivers
at 40.7 degrees north (latitude), 74 degrees west (longitude). is an example of
exact location
The unique buildings of ancient Mesopotamia
Ziggurats
a modern person who studies the past by digging
archaeologist
The river that gave life to Ancient Egypt
The Nile River
Greece is a series of this geographic land forms
islands
the ways people adapt and modify nature or their surroundings
human and environmental interaction
These clay tablets were used to give the religious laws handed down by Moses
Ten commandments
Name two characteristics of the paleolithic age people
The use of sarcopagi
coffins or burial containers
the marketplace high on a hill
The Acropolis
Cars on Interstate 45 is one example
movement
Name the two major rivers of Mesopotamia
Tigress and Euphrates
this allowed for early humans to finally live in communities and stop wandering
farming or agriculture
enigmatic or incomprehensible symbols or writing.
hieroglyphics
Philosopher and teacher who used a series of questions to aid learning
Socrates
an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.
Region
his punishment was very severe for those who did wrong to one another
Hammurabi
began around 12,000 years ago and ended as civilizations started to rise around 3500 BCE and sometimes referred to as the New Stone Age.
Neolithic Age
legendary first king of unified Egypt, who, according to tradition, joined Upper and Lower Egypt in a single centralized monarchy
King Menes
Asia Minor was separated from Greece by this
Mountains