agricultural revolution
the land between two rivers or "the fertile crescent" is also often referred to as
Mesopotamia
what region or country in the world is where ancient mesopotamia is now located
iraq/middle east
he was the ruler of babylon who established the law code
hammurabi
they made houses made of
sun dried mud bricks
a time when early people used stone to make weapons and tools
stone age
these hunter/gathers moved from place to place searching for food in order to survive
nomads
the two rivers that allowed mesopotamia to succeed are
euphrates and tigris
law 195 if a son strikes his father, the son's hands shall be
cut off
their number system was based on the number
60
the earliest period of the stone age
paleolithic
new farming techniques led to an increased amount of food supply resulting in a
surplus
the first major civilization in mesopotamia was in a region called
sumer
hammurabi's code was a form of retaliatory justice commonly associated with the saying an eye for a eye or a
tooth for a tooth
large temple that was built in the center of a city was called a
ziggurat
the latest period of the stone age
neolithic
a surplus of crops became a form of wealth that could be
traded/sold
the most important invention of the sumerians was
writing
if a man broke the bone of one of his equals under the law code then
his own bone would be broken in return
the sumerians practiced polytheism which is a belief in many
gods
a bridge made of earth that connected asia and north america
land bridge
the development of writing marked the end of
prehistory
the writing of the sumerians was called
cuneiform
what type of people did hammurabi's code promote
people of wealth and rank
the worlds oldest story
epic of gilgamesh
a long period of extreme cold
ice age