Tools of a Historian
B.C. means
What is Before Christ/ Before the Common Era?
Weapons, tools, and other items made by humans
What are artifacts?
Mesopotamia was in the valleys of these rivers.
What is the Tigris River and the Euphrates River
What are provinces?
A. A royal arena
B. The Assyrians' political districts
C. The Assyrians government housing
D. The homes of the Assyrians
B. The Assyrians' political districts
Hammurabi was the king of what place?
What is Babylon?
Circa means this.
What is around or about the time?
Early humans who moved from place to place were called this.
Who are nomads?
This is a way to bring water to crops from somewhere else. The people of Mesopotamia built waterways, tunnels, canals an walls.
What is irrigation?
What was one of the seven wonders of the world in Babylon?
The Hanging Gardens
Hammurabi's Law 117 gave this punishment to someone who borrowed money and could not pay it back.
What is if a man be in debt and is unable to pay his creditors, he shall sell his wife, son, or daughter, or give them over to service. For three years they shall work in the houses of their purchaser or master; in the fourth year they shall be given their freedom.
A.D. means
What is Anno Domini or the year of our lord?
This period was also known as the stone age because the early humans made tools and weapons out of stone.
What is the Paleolithic Period?
The rivers helped civilization grow in their valleys by providing these things.
What is rich soil for farming, means for transportation which also made trade possible.
The Assyrian Empire stretched from the Persian Gulf to the Nile River in ________ B.C.
650 B.C.
Law #22 said that if someone is caught stealing or has committed a robbery and is caught this will happen to them.
They will be put to death.
Prehistory means
What is the time before written records?
This was a life changing discovery in the Paleolithic period.
What is fire?
Name 5 inventions from Mesopotamia/ Sumer
What is the wheel, writing (cuneiform), plow, 12 month calendar, pottery wheel, fabricated copper, geometry, irrigation, ziggurats, number system based on 60, sailboats
The Assyrians set fire to the cities and buildings and carried away its people and goods.
How many laws did Hammurabi create for his kingdom?
Hammurabi's Code had 282 laws.
A person who researches and writes about the human past.
Who is a historian?
During this period people started farming which allowed them to stay in one place and establish communities.
What is the Neolithic Period?
What is the oldest known story is called and what does Gilgamesh learn?
Must answer both correctly to get the points
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Immortality is impossible to achieve, so it is important to live the best version of yourself with the time you have.
What was empire that ruled after the Assyrians?
The Chaldeans
Some of Hammurabi's laws were cruel, however his laws or Code was important because they took a step towards...
What is setting up a fair system of justice.