Paleolithic
This is the way people lived then
Hunting and Gathering
The Neolithic period was characterized by
farming
Without a stable ______ ____________ civilization isn't possible
food supply
This word means "land between two rivers"
Mesopotamia
Writing with pictures
pictograph
The word paleolithic means
Old Stone Age
Neolithic means
New Stone Age
The first civilization began here
S_ _ _ R
Whose job was it to lead the army, build temples and enforce laws?
The king
His duty was to write
scribe
In the paleolithic people spent most of their time doing this
finding food
For the first time people began to __________ in certain jobs.
Specialize
This was the Sumerian social structure
Upper class , Middle Class, and Lower Class
Which of the Mesopotamian empires was the first?
Akkadian
Belief in many gods
Polytheism
It lasted from 2 million BC to 10,000 BC
The Paleolithic
During the neolithic fewer people lived like________ a word that means without a permanent home.
nomads
Evidence the Sumerians had technology
They invented the plow and wheel
Hammurabi is best known for this
Code of Laws
A type of building in Mesopotamia
ziggurat
Artifacts and cave paintings would be studied by an
Archeologist
In the neolithic most people lived in small v____________ near their f__________.
villages farms
Having a King , Governors, and scribes proves the Sumerians had a ...
System of Government
Why were there strong walls around Babylon?
To protect the city
This is a form of writing invented in Mesopotamia
cuneiform