This group of people are accredited with the creation of the first form of writing
Who are the Sumerians?
100
The Sumerians created a bartering and trading system which is a good example of this aspect of a civilization
What is Merchants and Trade?
100
The two rivers that Mesopotamia is located between
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
100
Statue that symbolized the important features of a woman in palaeolithic and neolithic times
What is the Mother Goddess?
200
Definition of Neolithic
What is the New Stone Age
200
This group of people are responsible for building the largest ziggurat in history
Who are the Babylonians?
200
The Sumerians were also in the lead for developing a form of writing, and exploring their surroundings, which is encompassed in this aspect of a civilization
What is development of science and writing?
200
These natural land masses were very helpful to the first civilization.
What is a levee?
200
Largest amount of cave paintings found underground in France
What is Lascaux?
300
Definition of Mesopotamia
What is "between the rivers"
300
This group also created the wheel
Who are the Sumerians?
300
Natural levees allowed for this aspect of a civilization
What is agricultural intensification?
300
Mesopotamia's political structure.
What is an early form of democracy?
300
The Epic of Gilgamesh tells a story similar to this in the Bible
What is Noah's Ark (The Flood)
400
Definition of Pre-History
What is Before Written Accounts/Documents
400
This group of people made superior weapons with metal and stone
Who are the Assyrians?
400
Due to the fact that some people could now read and write, this was created
What is class structure?
400
Those who anointed the Kings to their position
Who are the gods
400
Famous for developing the first written law code
Who is Hammurabi?
500
Definition of Ziggurat
What is a religious temple, built with layers of brick ranging from largest to smallest on top
500
This group of people were the first to unite lower Mesopotamia
Who are the Akkadians?
500
In Mesopotamia, it consisted of over 3600 different gods who lived in the mountains around the cities.
What is state religion?
500
Name 4 of the 6 geographic conditions of Mesopotamia discussed in class.
What are little rainfall, hot/dry climate, windstorms, flooding, arid soil (little minerals), and no stone or timber resources?
500
The seven aspects of a civilization
What are Merchants and Trade, Centralized Government, Agricultural Intensification, Development of Science and Writing, Occupational Specialization, Class Structure, and State Religion?