What is History?
What is a worldview
how you see and interpret the world and everything in it
What does Mesopotamia mean?
between the rivers
What would happen when the Tigris and Euphrates flooded?
fertile soil would spread out that made land good for farming
What type of natural water did farmers need to learn to control?
flood waters
What was the architectural result of battles taking place?
large walls were built
What are artifacts?
physical, man-made objects from the past
What 2 rivers flow down into Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What did farmers begin to develop and improve to help with their farming?
plows and wheels
What is the term for having more food than they needed?
surplus
What are social classes?
different levels of a culture into which people are divided
What is tradition?
the passing of information from generation to generation
Why is Mesopotamia known as the Cradle of Civilization?
it is where the earliest evidence of agriculture, written languages, and cities were found
How were those who worked for wealthy Sumerian farmers paid?
with crops they could sell for themselves
What type of land was most of the land beyond the rivers?
desert
Who wrote down the info from business transactions?
scribes
What is a written record?
recorded historical events of a certain time
What was the larger region that Mesopotamia was a part of called?
Fertile Crescent
What is a levee?
raised areas of earth that held back the floodwaters
As the need for farming lessened, what 4 occupations began to form?
priests, rulers, soldiers, craftsmen
What 2 things did each City-State have it's own versions of?
government and religion
What do historians need to do with what has been gathered?
evaluate its' accuracy
What 6 things do archeological digs need experts in?
history, archaeology, architecture, translation, photography, drawing
What is the term for finding a way of supplying water to an area of land or crops?
What 3 things did farmers build to help with their water that also helped with their animals?
storage basins, canals, water ways
What is the trading system where people exchange goods without money?
bartering