Early Lifestyles & Revolutions
The term for the Samburu people, who move their entire settlement every five weeks.
Nomads
The Nile, Tigris, Euphrates, Indus, and Huang He Rivers are referred to as what?
River Valley Civilizations
The best title for a list that includes cities, a system of writing, and a central government.
The Elements of a Civilization
The type of source that an excerpt from the Code of Hammurabi would be classified as.
Primary Source
The practice of cutting flat surfaces into a hillside to create more land for growing crops.
Terrace Farming
The "first economic revolution" in human history where the major change was the shift from food-gathering to farming.
The Neolithic Revolution
The region where the Middle Kingdom of Assyria was located, situated between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
The Fertile Crescent
The element of a civilization that includes the development of complex scripts like cuneiform in Mesopotamia.
System of Writing
The idea about Babylonian society reflected in the different punishments for a noble striking a noble versus a noble striking a commoner.
Divisions existed between social classes
The simple device used in ancient Egypt to raise water from the Nile or canals to fields that were too high.
A Swape (or Shaduf)
The primary method of obtaining food used by Paleolithic people, which forced them to be dependent on the natural supply.
Food-gathering
The two geographic features that allowed the Middle Kingdom of Assyria to be established, making it a "River Valley Civilization."
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
The element of civilization that describes the existence of different ranked groups in society, often based on wealth or occupation.
Social Classes
The general purpose Hammurabi had for writing down his code of laws on a stele.
Establish a system of rules and punishments
The innovation from the 1700s that planted seeds at the correct depth and spacing, increasing crop yields five times over the old method.
Jethro Tull's Seed Drill
The type of person described as a farmer and herdsman who, unlike his Paleolithic ancestor, had control over his food supply.
A Neolithic Man
The large body of water shown on the map north of the Middle Kingdom of Assyria and the Mediterranean Sea.
The Black Sea
The element of a civilization that develops when a consistent food surplus allows people to take on roles besides farming.
Different Jobs (or Job Specialization)
The specific punishment for a free-born man who strikes the body of another free-born man of equal rank.
Pay one gold mina
The period from the 1940s to the late 1960s when crop production increased drastically due to mechanical equipment and chemical fertilizers.
The Green Revolution
The group that the Samburu people are not classified as, because they do not produce food for sale on the market.
Commercial Farmers
The major river system that flows north and is the only river on the map located in the continent of Africa.
The Nile River
The element of civilization that is responsible for creating a stable system of rules and order for the cities.
Central Governments
This crime resulted in a lighter punishment of ten shekels of silver, showing the lower value of a commoner's life.
A noble striking a commoner
The ineffective older method of farming where farmers scattered seeds into furrows, leading to low crop yields and easy loss of seeds to animals.
Hand-Sowing