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Early Humans
Early Humans II
Civilization
Civilization II
First Empires
100
taming an animal or plant for use by humans
What is domestication
100
"Old Stone Age"
What is Paleolithic
100
known as the "cradle of civilization"
What is Mesopotamia
100
The Sumerian writing system
What is cuneiform
100
Members of the upper class
who are kings and priests
200
Times of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered parts of the earth
What is Ice Age
200
A mixture of copper and tin
What is Bronze
200
building dams, channels, walls,, and ditches to bring water to crops
What is irrigation
200
Long poem that tells the story of a hero
What is an Epic
200
These people built a great army to protect their lands from invasion
Who are the Assyrians
300
These people study artifacts and fossils to help them understand the past
Who are Archaeologists
300
Things made by humans long ago
What are artifacts
300
Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery
Who are artisans
300
Artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group
What is Middle Class
300
They rebelled against the Assyrians
Who are the Chaldeans
400
One of the oldest known cities
What is Jericho
400
Sumerian building material
What is mud brick
400
Group of many different lands under one ruler
What is empire
400
The writer of the legal code that covered most areas of daily life
Who is Hammurabi
400
Chaldean king who built the Hanging Gardens to please his wife
Who is Nebuchadnezzar
500
People who study and write about the human past
Who are historians
500
reason why some historians consider the farming revolution to be so important
What are permanent villages
500
Features of a civilization
What are cities, social class, religion, government, art, and writing
500
The King of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia
Who is Sargon
500
Developed a way of making iron strong enough to use for weapons
Who are the Hittites