Timelines
A period of 10 years
a decade
The time before the Agricultural Revolution
Paleolithic Era
Name the 2 rivers in Mesopotamia that carried silt to the land.
Tigris and Euphrates
Were the Jews monotheistic or Polytheistic?
Monotheistic
To supply water to crops and fields through man-made means like canals.
What is irrigation?
A time designation having NO connection with a religion
Secular
People who move from place to place following game animals and ripening fruits.
Nomads
What is known as the land between two rivers?
Mesopotamia
Where was the "Promised Land" located?
Canaan
The event that changed history from the Old Stone Age to the New Stone age.
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
How many years is a century?
100
What caused the turning point in history between the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age?
the Agricultural Revolution (invention of farming)
What is a city-state?
A walled city with the land surrounding it. Each city-state had it's own form of government and a ruler.
The first 5 books of the Hebrew bible
The Torah
A group's values, traditions, language and religion.
What is Culture
The time before written records is known as.......
Prehistory
the process of taming a plants or animals and using it for human purposes.
Domestication
What is the oldest surviving and most famous story written in cuneiform about a demigod king?
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Name the first 3 Kings of Israel in order and name 1 thing they are remembered for.
1st- Saul (just known as the 1st King)
2nd- David (mighty warrior, conquered Jerusalem and made it the capital)
3rd-Solomon (built the first temple)
The earliest form of writing.
What is cuneiform?
What does the religious term AD stand for?
Anno Domini-in the year of our Lord
Why was the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution important to history?
It led to the development of civilization
(people stopped traveling as nomads and settled near a river to farm, surplus of food, job specialization happened and city-states developed)
The Sumerians were best known for inventing________ and the Phoenicians were known for inventing the _____________
Sumerians=the wheel
Phoenicians=the alphabet
The house of worship for Jewish people?
Synogogue
An ancient Mesopotamian temple with a shrine to their god at the top.
What is a ziggurat?