The Paleolithic Age
People in the Paleolithic Age got food this way.
Hunting and gathering.
People in the Neolithic age got food this way
Farming/Domesticating animals
This technological advancement allowed Mesopotamians to have a consistent supply of water for crops
Irrigation
Hammurabi's code was the first set of ___________ ever written
Laws
Mesopotamia is located between two of these
Rivers
Sumer was the very first ___________, located in the historic region of Mesopotamia
Civilization
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
The written language created in Mesopotamia used this writing utensil and surface
A wooden punch and clay tablet
Hammurabi's Code falls under this essential aspect of civilizations
Government
Mesopotamia was located in this modern-day country
Iraq
This group made up the lowest level of the Sumerian Social Pyramid
Enslaved people
People in the paleolithic age created this in order to hunt large animals
Humans discovered agriculture and this other way to control their environment for food in the Neolithic age
Domesticating animals
The first written language
Cuneiform
Hammurabi's Code was written in this city, where Hammurabi was born
Babylon
Mesopotamia is located in this type of geographical area
(HINT: two words)
A River Valley
This group led Sumer's theocracy (a government ruled in the name of a god or gods)
Priests
Hunter-gatherers were nomadic, which means ___________
People who travel without a permanent home
How agriculture was discovered
By accident when somebody dropped seeds on the ground
These people were the only ones in Mesopotamia who learned to read and write
Scribes
The most famous phrase from Hammurabi's Code that we still use today is
"An eye for an eye"
This geographic feature is located around, but not inside, Mesopotamia
Mountains
These 2 jobs make up the highest level of the Sumerian Social Pyramid
Kings and priests
Bone
The Neolithic age began around this year
10,000 BCE
This system of time invented in Sumer is still used in America today
Base 60
Hammurabi's code was created to "make __________ visible in the land... [so that] the strong might not injure the weak."
Justice
People in Mesopotamia relied on these two rivers to provide water for their crops
Tigris and Euphrates
This is the highest job a woman could attain in Sumer
Priest