Investigating the Past
What does a geographer do?
They study the earth, its land and its people
What is another name for the Old Stone Age?
Paleolithic Age
What does "Mesopotamia" mean?
Land between two rivers.
What was the first Mesopotamian Empire?
How long did the Assyrian Empire last?
200-300 years
Who are our 3 history detectives?
Geographers, archeologists, historians
Neolithic Age
Where was Mesopotamia? (Do not tell me the modern day country)
The Fertile Crescent
Who ruled Babylonia?
Hammurabi
Capital of Akkadian empire?
Agade
Name 1 prehistoric artifact
Spear thrower, cave paintings, etc.
Catal Hoyuk, Jericho
What's a ziggurat?
A Sumerian temple for worship.
What great wonder of the ancient world is found in Babylon?
The Hanging Gardens of Babylonia
What material was used for the cuneiform?
Clay
What languages does Ms. Sallama speak?
English, Darija, Italian
They would hunt.
What did the Sumerians create to solve their water distribution concerns?
Irrigation systems
What was Hammurabi known for?
His code of laws.
What 2 rivers were located in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What did cave art usually represent? Or what did it tell us as historians?
Ms. Sallama will judge!
What advancements did we see in the Neolithic Age?
Ms. Sallama will judge!
Who was at the top of the social ladder in Ancient Sumer?
Kings
The Assyrians
Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Neo-Babylonians