Early Humans
Historical evidence studied by archaeologists such as weapons, tools and other things made by humans.
What is an artifact?
Complex societies that are characterized by organized governments, art, religion, class division, and a writing system are called this.
What are civilizations?
Assyrian empire rose in Mesopotamia about 1,000 years after the reign of this Sumerian king.
Who is Hammurabi?
Led by this king, the Chaldeans controlled all of Mesopotamia fro 605 B.C. to 562 B.C.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
Paleolithic people were people who regularly moved from place to place are called this.
What are nomads?
The earliest-known civilization arose in what is now southern Iraq, on a flat plain bounded by these two rivers.
What are Tigris River and Euphrates River?
The Assyrians learned a technique of making iron stronger from these people who leaved northwest of Assyria.
Who are the Hittites?
Chaldeans were descendants of these people.
Who are the Babylonians?
When neolithic people began to tame animals and plants for human use, they did this.
What is domesticate?
Each Sumerian city and the land around became a separate this with its own government and was not part of any larger unit.
What is city-state?
This city on the Tigris River was the capital of the Assyrian empire.
What is Nineveh?
These terraced gardens showcased large trees, masses of flowering vines, and other beautiful plants.
What are the Hanging Gardens?
One of the oldest cities found in the Middle Middle East in the West Bank between what is now Israel and Jordan that dates back to about 8000 BC.
What is Jericho?
This Sumerian writing consisted of hundreds of wedge-shaped marks cut into damp clay tables with a sharp=ended reed.
What is cuneiform?
Located in Nineveh, it held 25,000 tablets of stories and songs to the gods.
What is a library?
The Chaldeans made one of the first sundials and were the first to have a seven-day week thanks to the work of these people who study the heavenly bodies- map the stars, the plants, and the phases of the moon.
Who are the astronomers?
When neolithic people developed different kinds of jobs and skills other than farming, they did this.
What is specialization?
In about 2340 B.C. this king conquered all of Mesopotamia and set up the world's first empire.
Who is Sargon?
Assyrian empire stretched from Nile River in the west to this body of water in the east.
What is Persian Gulf?
Because Babylon was located on the major trade route between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea, it became rich from trade, especially from selling their merchandise to these groups of traveling merchants.
What are caravans?