Historical Theories
Mesopotamia
Aspects of Civilization
Ancient Peoples
100
A hypothesis or unproved assumption about a past event.
What is historical theory?
100
Mesopotamia, the earliest civilization for which we have records was established in this region.
What is the fertile crescent?
100
This is the way of life a group of people follow.
What is culture?
100
This was the place where God created and dispersed people into different language groups.
What is the Tower of Babel?
200
"In the beginning God said...." an explanation for how the universe began.
What is creation (theory)?
200
Ancient Mesopotamia included three main people groups including the Akkadians, Assyrians and Sumerians. This group was the first...
Who are/ what is Sumer/Sumerians?
200
The belief or religion that worships more than one god/goddess.
What is polytheistic?
200
The ancient Egyptians developed this system of writing that includes pictures and abstract forms to represent words or phrases.
What is hieroglyphics?
300
An explanation for how the universe and humans developed slowly over time changing from one organism to another.
What is evolutionary (theory)?
300
The Sumerians developed this complex, wedge shaped writing system.
What is cuneiform?
300
Belief in only one god/God.
What is monotheistic?
300
This natural resource served as the center of Egyptian civilization.
What is the Nile (river)?
400
Evolutionary theory cannot adequately explain how humans would have evolved to have this different physical characteristic.
What is race (skin color)?
400
The oldest piece of literature text that exists, written by the Sumerians.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
400
This process of growing food on a regular basis and keeping animals helps to support a civilization.
What is (systematic) agriculture?
400
The title for Egyptian leaders that literally meant "great house."
What is pharaoh?