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100

This is the name for the time period before the invention of writing. 

What is prehistory?

100

These two rivers were instrumental in the development of city-states in Mesopotamia.

What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
100

Historians have divided Ancient Egypt into this number of periods.

What is seven?

100

This was a Semitic people who controlled a small state on western side of the Fertile Crescent.

Who are the Hebrews?

100

In 550, this ruler defeated the Medes uniting their society with that of the Medes. 

Who is Cyrus the Great? 
200

This site in Ireland is know for its passage grave and the "roof-box."

What is Newgrange?

200
This type of writing gets its name from the wedge-shaped symbols used in this system. 
What is cuneiform?
200

This word for an Egyptian ruler actually means "great house."

What is pharoah?
200
These three kings were responsible for much of the progress & unification of the Jewish people/state.

Who are Saul, David, & Solomon?

200

These administrators controlled local government, collected taxes, and maintained order in their districts. 

What are satraps?

300

This group of people lived side by side with Neanderthals in Europe and western Asia.

What is the Cro-Magnon people?

300

This poem tells the story of a king who fights monsters in search of fame and glory.

What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?

300

This Egyptian ruler believed in a form of monotheism based on the belief in Aton. 

Who is Akhenaten? 

300
This is a series of rules of behavior given to Moses from Yahweh.
What are the Ten Commandments?
300
Zoroastrianism looked at the battle for good and evil over the human race which is known as this concept. 

What is dualism?

400

This is an economic system based on herding and raising livestock. 

What is pastoralism?

400
This ruler of Babylon was famous for a code introduced around 1790 BCE.
Who is Hammurabi?
400

This city was one of the main ports of the Phoenician kingdom in what is now Tunisia. 

What is Carthage?

400

A new technique that involved heating iron over charcoal created this new material that was harder than iron.

What is steel?

400

The Persian empire utilized this trade network to spread goods and ideas throughout the empire. 

What is the Royal Road?

500

The acronym LiDAR stands for this archaeological technology.

What is Light Detection and Ranging?

500

These two hierarchies became more complex and rigid following the rise of the city-state.

What are social and gender hierarchies?

500

The Hittites were unique for what main reasons?

Indo-European language & Iron

500

The Assyrians were especially good at this type of warfare.

What is siege warfare?

500

Zoroastrianism believed in the devotion to this deity. 

Who is Ahuramazda?