Geography
The fertile crescent is shaped like a
crescent
The worlds first civilizations was
Mesopotamia
The belief in one god is
monotheism
The end of the stone age was marked by what
using metal to make tools
The time before writing was developed is
Prehistory
Mesopotamia is part of present day
Iraq
Farming is important because
it allowed people to stay in one place
The belief in many gods is
polytheism
Hammurabi was a
leader
traditions passed on from word of mouth are
oral traditions
Why did people want to settle near water?
grow crops
What are the three periods of the stone age
old, middle, new
what is 10 x4-6+6
40
How many laws did Hammurabi's Code have?
282
Mesopotamia means
the land between two rivers
Mesopotamia is located between what two rivers
Tigris and Euphrates
A city that is a seperate- independant state is called a
city-state
Temples and religiuos towers built by Sumerians are
Ziggurts
Hammurabi's code is important because
it was the first time laws were written
1st form of writing is
Cuneiform
The first cities began in
Sumer
8 features of civilization are
cities, government, job specialization, religion, social classes, writing systems, art, public works
heirarchy chart; explain the flooding and how it was good and bad
one of the most helpful inventions during the stone age that allowed people to stay warm in the cold was
cuneiform