Stone Age/Early People
This age of people is known for being hunter-gatherers, living a nomadic lifestyle with basic stone tools.
What is the Paleolithic Era
Land between the rivers is the name and literal translation of this area of land.
What is Mesopotamia
This Babylonian king was known for his strong military presence as well as a code of laws that he developed.
Who is Hammurabi
This was the main reason Phonecians grew so wealthy.
What is trade (sea based trade for extra points)
The worlds first alphabet or letter system was developed by this empires traders.
Who are the Phonecians
This major development helped lead to living in permanent settlements.
What is agriculture
The Fertile Crescent is located primarily between these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates
These people were credited with the start of the Iron Age.
Who are the Hittites
This was the body of water commonly associated with Phonecian trade
What is the Mediterranean Sea
This was a strict set of rules developed by a Babylonian king, serving as one of the world's first judicial systems.
What is Hammurabis Code
This era was known for devloping more specialized tools while still living a nomadic hunter gatherer lifestyle.
This man was a prominent king of Uruk and became a legend figure in Sumerian literature.
Who is Gilgamesh
This military empire more than doubled the land owned by the babylonians when they took power over Mesopotamia.
Who are the Assyrians
The Persian Wars were a long series of battles between Perisa and this civilization.
Who are the Greeks
This was a math system developed by the Sumerians that can still be used today.
What is the base 60 system
A handheld object used to complete a task that was developed by early peoples.
What is a tool
This became the world's first writing form depicted by symbols and pictures often used for trade and governmental records.
What is cuneiform
he was the most famous Chaldean king, mentioned in the Bible, and credited with the building of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Who is Nebuchadnezzar
Known for his more accommodating leadership style this man led to the massive growth of the Persian Empire
Who is Cyrus the Great
Despite their standing in the social hierarchy, these people served as the backbone of Sumerian civilization.
What are farmers and laborers
This was a drastic lifestyle change for early humans, shifting toward agriculture and more permanent settlement in one area.
What is the Neolithic Revolution
This building was often associated with the Mesopotamian gods. It is also likely the building mentioned in the story of the "Tower of Babel"
What is a ziggurat
These people stole the throne in Babylon from the Hittites by assassinating their ruler.
Who are the Kassites
Darius I was known for standardizing these things across the Perisan Empire
What is currency and satrapies
This was considered the first piece of classical literature, written by the Sumerians.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh