Paleolithic/Neolithic
How did people during the Paleolithic age get their food?
Hunting and Gathering
What led to the emergence of civilization?
agricultural surplus
Between which two rivers was the civilization of Mesopotamia located?
Tigris and the Euphrates
Where is Egypt located?
On the nile river
Rule by religious authority
Theocracy
What is another way of saying the people in the Paleolithic age moved from place to place?
They were nomadic
Give at least 3 characteristics of a civilization...
religion, language, government, social structure, cities, artistic activity, use of writing
Mesopotamia was located in a fertile arc of land called.....
The fertile crescent
Egyptian History is divided into which three main periods?
The Old Kingdom
The Middle Kingdom
The New Kingdom
to tame; to change a wild plant or animal so it can be grown or raised by humans
domestication
What was the turning point of the Neolithic Revolution?
Discovery of agriculture and domestication of animals
river valleys
What was the first from of writing?
cuneiform
What form of writing did the Egyptians develop?
Hieroglyphics
the scattering of the Jewish people.
Diaspora
As a result of agriculture and domestication of animals what two ways did life change for the people during the Neolithic age?
permanent settlements and food surplus
As economic power rose there also rose divisions between the....
different social classes
What is Hammurabi's code and why is it so important?
codified and collected the laws of Hammurabi's region and wrote them down for all to see.Was the first set of written laws
What kind of social structure did Egyptians have?
Hierarchal
separate metal from ore
smelt
Once people in the Neolithic age had a food surplus they were now able to....
trade, store food, become artisans, have a specialization of labor (improvement of technology and skills)
Why did the need for government emerge?
to regulate many aspects of city life including the food supply and the defense of the city
What are two inventions of the Sumerians?
1. first to take the wheel and use it for carts
2. invented a number system based on 60
Why did Egyptians perfected the process of mummification?
To preserve the body so that the soul could stay in the afterlife
the belief in many G-D's
polytheistic