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Prehistory
Beginnings of Human Society
Mesopotamia
Sumerians
Babylonia and Assyria
100
The earliest known period of human culture
What is the Stone Age
100
The effect from changing from hunter-gathers to farming on population
What is an increase
100
The definition of the word Mesopotamia
What is Land between two rivers
100
The site of the main temple
What is a Ziggurat
100
The ancient proverb "You go and carry off your enemy's land; the enemy comes and carries off your land" means
What is conquering other lands puts your lands at risk
200
A person who has no settled home is a
What is nomad
200
The metal most commonly used for making weapons in 3000 B.C.
What is Bronze
200
Another name for the region of Mesopotamia, given for it's rich soil and shape
What is the fertile crescent
200
Sumer was the site of the ______________, where people learned to write.
What is schools
200
an area of many territories and peoples that is controlled by one government
What is an empire
300
Soil that is rich in the substances plants need is called
What is Fertile
300
Trade goods could be transported easier and faster with the development of this
What is the wheel and Axel
300
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism
300
where the Sumerians slept when it was hot at night
What is on their roof
300
A group of traders traveling together
What is a caravan
400
A word that describes the process of taming and raising animals for human use.
What is Domesticate
400
A worker who is especially skilled at crafting items by hand
What is an artisan
400
A professional writer in Mesopotamia
What is a scribe
400
The Sumerians believed the Ziggurat was their god would descend to earth using this
What is the stairway
400
A market selling different kinds of goods
What is a bazaar
500
Our Human Ancestors originate on what continent
What is Africa
500
What is supplying land with water through a network of canals
What is Irrigation
500
Since the ancient cities had their own government, but shared a language and customs with the other cites they were know as...
What is a city state
500
What did Sumerians believe prayer figures on the altar would do for them
What is pray
500
A powerful weapon with a wooden beam mounted on wheels
What is a battering ram