The Paleolithic Era
People in the Paleolithic Era got food this way.
Hunting and gathering.
People in the Neolithic Era got food this way
Farming/Domesticating animals
The wheel
Hammurabi's code was the first set of ___________ ever written
Laws
The __________________________ was a region of rich, fertile land where many early civilizations developed.
Fertile Crescent
This material was used with wood during the Paleolithic age to make tools
Stone
The Neolithic age is also known as the New ________ ________
Stone Age
What did people in Mesopotamia use to write? For example, today we use paper and pencil.
Stylus and clay tablet
What was the main purpose of a ziggurat?
Religious worship
Mesopotamia was located in this modern-day country
Iraq
What jobs did men have during the Paleolithic Age?
Hunting
Agriculture involves growing crops, and what else?
Raising animals for milk, cheese, meat, eggs, etc.
The first written language
Cuneiform
Who was Hammurabi?
Babylon King
What is silt?
Rich soil left behind by floodwaters
Hunter-gatherers were nomadic, which means ___________
People who travel without a permanent home
What was one major change during the Neolithic Age?
People began farming and living in permanent settlements.
How was the Mesopotamian calendar similar to our calendar today?
It had 12 lunar months.
The most famous phrase from Hammurabi's Code that we still use today is
"An eye for an eye"
Why did Mesopotamians develop irrigation systems?
To control and move water to their crops
What materials were used to create cave paintings?
Crushed rocks mixed with animal fat were used to make paint.
What did a food surplus allow people to do?
Develop specialized jobs
Mesopotamian religion was "polytheistic." What does this mean?
They believed in many different gods.
Pyramid-shaped temples were called ____________________.
Ziggurats
People in Mesopotamia relied on these two rivers to provide water for their crops
Tigris and Euphrates