Origins of Civilization
New Ways of Life
Rise of Civilizations
Fertile Crescent Civilizations
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
100

Early human societies were organized as these, moving to hunt and gather food.

What are hunter-gatherer societies?

100

The ability to produce more food than needed, which allowed communities to trade and grow.

What is surplus?

100

Large populations in organized societies were able to build complex structures and marketplaces in these.

What are cities?

100

This early civilization developed cuneiform, one of the first writing systems.

Who are the Sumerians?

100

These two rivers provided water for agriculture in the Fertile Crescent.

What are the Tigris and Euphrates?

200

This major shift from hunting and gathering to farming began around 10,000 BCE

What is the Agricultural Revolution?

200

This technology, developed for watering crops, helped increase food production.

What is irrigation?

200

This is a system that helps organize society, often led by kings or priests.

What is government?

200

his king of Babylon created one of the earliest known law codes.

Who is Hammurabi?

200

These rivers created fertile land by depositing this during floods, ideal for farming

What is silt?

300

The process of breeding animals for food, work, and companionship, started by early societies

What is domestication?

300

This term describes people doing specific jobs, like tool-making or weaving, rather than just farming.

What is specialization?

300

The belief in multiple gods, commonly found in ancient civilizations.

What is polytheism?

300

This Akkadian leader created one of the first empires by uniting city-states

Who is Sargon of Akkad?

300

These systems controlled water flow and allowed for stable food production.

What are irrigation systems?

400

One impact of the Agricultural Revolution that allowed populations to grow and villages to form.

What is the ability to settle in one place?

400

Communities began to form near these natural sources, which provided water for crops.

What are rivers?

400

An early form of writing that helped civilizations keep records, communicate, and trade.

What is writing?

400

The name of the pyramid-like structures built by the Sumerians for worship.

What are ziggurats?

400

The region between these two rivers was known as this “Cradle of Civilization.”

What is the Fertile Crescent?

500

These were simple tools used by hunter-gatherer societies to help them hunt animals and gather plants.

What are stone tools?

500

This tool was developed to help with farming by turning soil for planting seeds.

What is the plow?

500

A self-governing city and its surrounding lands, commonly found in ancient civilizations.

What is a city-state?

500

These were massive public structures used by the Assyrians for knowledge and infrastructure, such as libraries and roads.

What are libraries and aqueducts?

500

These bodies of water enabled trade and helped cities grow in this otherwise dry region.

What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?