Vocabulary
Stone Age
Religion
Sumer/Akkad
Babylon/Hebrews
100
The period before writing/recorded history
Prehistory
100
The amount of progress made during the Old Stone Age
Not much at all...
100
The difference between Polytheism and Monotheism
Polytheism is the belief in MANY gods while Monotheism is the belief in ONE.
100
Where were Sumer and Akkad located? (____ is in North Mesopotamia... _____ is in South Mesopotamia)
Akkad = North... Sumer = South
100
Who was the most famous early King of Babylon? Hint: he was eighteen years old when he began his rule.
Hammurabi
200
The study of artifacts and the past which helps uncover information on the ancient world.
Archaeology
200
From approximately _____ years ago until _____ years ago was the Old Stone Age
2.5 million years ago until 10,000 years ago.
200
A series of stacked rectangular platforms that look like a pyramid... used to worship the gods.
Ziggurat
200
The necessities of a civilization to thrive
Water source... good climate... food... fertile soil...etc.
200
Name one primary attribute associated with the Assyrians.
They were merciless warriors... they destroyed everything in their path (reduced cities to rubble)
300
The land bridge which used to link Siberia with North America
Beringia
300
From approximately _____ years ago until _____ years ago was the New Stone Age
10,000 years ago until 5,000 years ago.
300
What Mesopotamians believed the ziggurats linked?
The Heavens and the Earth... the physical and the spiritual...
300
Tell me the Class System order. I need FIVE levels from top to bottom.
King... Priest... skilled workers/scribes/merchants... farmers/unskilled workers... slaves
300
The king who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for his wife as a gift.
Nebuchadnezzar II
400
Early people known for hunting animals and gathering supplies to survive
Hunter-gatherer
400
The way scientists determine how old something that died is.
carbon dating.
400
When the gods were ________ in Mesopotamia, life was _______.... When the gods were ___________, life was ___________
When life was good, the gods were happy/pleased.... when life was bad, they believed they angered the gods.
400
The first true civilization in world history
Sumer
400
The 282 law system developed to govern the people
Code of Hammurabi
500
The study of people and their relationship with their history, culture, each other, etc.
Anthropology
500
The difference between Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals
Neanderthals died out... they weren't as smart... stronger but shorter... Cro-Magnons were smarter... survived... believed to be our closest ancestor.
500
The belief in a deeper spiritual essence... the spiritual beginnings before established religion.
Animism
500
The king who was said to rule the world... "from sunrise to sunset"
Sargon
500
Which Assyrian king is famous for having a library and kept historical information about past civilizations and empires?
Ashurbanipal
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