Early Humans
Early Humans
Mesopotamian Civilization
The First Empires
The First Empires
100
Another term for "Old Stone Age".
What is Paleolithic.
100
Describe Mesopotamia's climate
What is dry and hot
100
Considered the cradle of civilization between two rivers.
What is Mesopotamia
100
The king of an empire who built the hanging gardens for his wife.
Who is Nebuchadenezzar
100
The first large army to use iron weapons
What is the Assyrians
200
Another term for "New Stone Age"
What is Neolithic.
200
A time period when people were at risk of death from cold and hunger.
What is Ice Age
200
Artisans, merchants, farmers and fishers are in what part of the social hierarchy of Mesopotamia.
What is middle class.
200
Empire that gained control by leading a rebellion against the Assyrian empire.
What is the Chaldean empire
200
These are the two rivers in Mesopotamia.
What is Tigris and Euphrates
300
A religious temple with a shrine at the top.
What is Ziggurat
300
Farming and using animals to plow a field are both examples of what?
What is domestication
300
Being punished for allowing ones dam to flood everyone's fields is an example of what?
What is Hammurabi's code.
300
Known for their large army and cruel treatment of conquered peoples.
What is Assyrians
300
This government paved road ways to make it easier for soldiers and messengers to travel from province to province.
What is the Assyrians.
400
People who regularly move from place to place
What is Nomads
400
During this time period people painted cave walls
What is Paleolithic
400
What are some examples of Sumerian inventions?
What is the plow, wheel, sailboat, calendar etc.
400
The Sumerian writing system.
What is Cuneiform
400
Why did civilizations begin near rivers?
What is for trading, water, and food resources.
500
Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life.
What is Hammurabi.
500
During this time period people began to farm.
What is Neolithic.
500
Hero of an epic who travels around the world performing great deeds.
What is Gilgamesh.
500
These people lived in the Southern portion of Sumer
What is Sumer
500
Describe the Assyrian army.
What is foot soldiers, archers and chariot riders.
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