Words to Know
What describes the act of farming and domesticating animals?
What is agriculture?
This guy created the first recorded set of laws, what was his name AND the name of the laws?
Who is Hammurabi and Hammurabi's Code?
During the Paleolithic Age, humans used what kind of tools?
What is Stone?
What does the name Mesopotamia mean?
What is the land between two rivers?
What were the two rivers the land was between?
What is The Tigris and Euphrates?
The Nomads who would travel around during Prehistory did what to survive?
What is hunting and gathering?
This king is seen as a mythological figure who defied the gods and has an epic poem written sbout him.
Who is Gilgamesh?
Who was Lucy (double points if you say what species she was)?
What is Australopithicus?
What is the word to describe controlling where water flows?
What is Irrigation?
What type of religion was in Mesopotamia?
What is Polytheistic?
What were the two eras of Prehistory?
What is Paleo and Neolithic Ages?
This King was a conquerer who created the world's first empire.
Who is Sargon of Akkad?
Where did the first farmers begin to settle?
What is The Fertile Crescent?
What is a Ziggurat?
What is a place of worship/palace for the king and priests?
What did Mesopotamians use instead of currency?
What is The Barter System?
What is another name for the Neolithic Revolution?
What is The First Agricultural Revolution?
This king is famous for building famous monuments such as The Hanging Gardens. He is also a notable character in the Bible.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II?
How long ago did humans discover fire?
What is 800,000 years ago?
What was the basis behind the first set of laws?
What is "eye for an eye"?
What job made up the majority of commoners?
What is farmers?
An Anthropologist is someone who...
What is studies human behavior and culture
This King built the famous library that contained the most cuneiform tablets we have discovered.
Who is Ashurbanipal?
How many years ago (roughly) did humans domesticate dogs?
What is 20,000 years ago?
What material moved Mesopotamia out of the Stone Age?
What is Bronze?
Outside the rivers, what geographical feature was to the north of Mesopotamia?
What is The Zagros Mountains?