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This is the time period that includes the first civilizations.
What is the Bronze Age?
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Approximately 5,000 years ago this happened.
What is how long ago prehistoric times end?
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He rebuilt the city of Babylon including the Hanging Gardens.
Who was King Nebuchadnezzar II?
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This Empire reached its height in 1750 B.C. under Hammurabi and was destroyed by 1600 B.C.
What is Babylon?
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This is the belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
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This is known as the Middle Stone Age.
What is Mesolithic?
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It is commonly believed that human life began here.
What is Africa?
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This is a person without a permanent home that moves from place to place.
Who is a nomad?
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This group collected snails to create purple dye for cloth making and created a huge trade empire.
Who are the Phoenicians?
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This group conquered Sumer.
Who are the Akkadia?
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This was created to protect food.
What is fired pottery?
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This allows for workers to do different jobs.
What is specialized labor?
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He united the Sumerian city-states and improved government and military after the fall of Sumer.
Who was King Sargon II?
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This group caused the Babylonian Empire to rise again.
Who are the Chaldeans?
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This was the first written set of laws that included trade, labor, property, family, and medicine.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
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This is known as the New Stone Age.
What is Neoliothic?
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This was the main result of the domestication of animals.
What is there was a ready supply of meat and animal products?
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He created the Babylonian Empire by uniting the cities of Sumer, conquering lands to Asia Minor, building roads, and encouraging trade.
Who was King Hammurabi?
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This was the first civilization of Mesopotamia.
What is Sumer?
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Huge stone temple of the god or goddess located in the center of a particular city.
What is a ziggurat?
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This was known as the Old Stone Age.
What is Paleolithic?
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This refers to any time before the invention of writing.
What is prehistoric?
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He led the Persians and attacked New Babylon and caused it to fall.
Who was Cyrus the Great?
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This Empire was named after the city of Assur. They believed that the best defense was to attack.
Who are the Assyrians?
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This city was the capital of the Assyrian Empire and was a city of great learning which included a library.
What is Nineveh?