Early Man
Egypt
Sumer
Babylon
Vocab
100

The common name for the Paleolithic era.

What is the Stone Age?

100

This person was believed to be a living god.

What is a Pharaoh?

100

The fertile crescent is between these two rivers.

What are the Tigris and Euphrates?

100

The capital city of this civilization.

What is Babylon?

100

The belief in one god.

What is Monotheism?

200

The way prehistoric humans obtained food.

What is hunting and gathering?

200

The city Cairo is at the apex of this place.

What is the Nile Delta.

200

Sumer did not have one of these, leaving them vulnerable to invasion.

What is a central government?

200

Hammurabi's code contained ____ laws, from all of the the cities. (blank is a number)

What is 282?

200
The time before writing.
What is Prehistory? 
300

The discovery of this technique led to the first cities.

What is farming?

300

The most commonly known Egyptian king.

Who is King Tutankhamen?

300

Wedge shaped writing on clay tablets.

What is Cuneiform?

300

This king created a highway system to connect the city states of Mesopotamia.

Who is Hammurabi?

300

A pyramid shaped temple built by the Sumerians.

What is a Ziggurat?

400

Tools of this period were made of wood, stone, and ________.

What is bone?
400

A collection of spells written to assist in the afterlife.

What is the Book of the Dead?

400

Sumerians invented the dome, vault, and ______.

What is the arch.

400

The world's first written legal code.

What is the Code of Hammurabi?

400

The 8 features of civilization include, cities, organized government, complex religion, writing, arts and architecture, job specialization, _______, and ______.

What is public works and social classes?

500

The things that make humans the deadliest creatures on the planet.

What is the ability to project power.

500

These people invaded Egypt, bringing a close to the Middle Kingdom.

Who are the Hyskos?

500

A priest-king. 

What is a Patesi?

500

These people came from modern day Syria to settle in Mesopotamia, eventually starting the Babylonian empire.

Who are the Amorites?

500

 A person who moves from place to place in search of food.

What is a Nomad?