Archaeology
To dig up
What is excavate?
Everything historian study BEFORE systems of writing were developed
What is Prehistory?
A system to transport water
What is an irrigation system?
The name of this early civilization means "the land between rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
A book of maps
What is an Atlas?
Things made by humans and left behind?
What is an artifact?
Anno Domini stands for this
What is A.D.?
A skilled worker
What is an artisan?
The king of Babylon who developed a code of law
A diagram of events and dates
What is a timeline?
Traces of plants and animals that have been preserved
What is a fossil?
Another set of initials for A.D. time period
What is C.E.?
A temple and administrative center
What is a Ziggurat?
Name of two rivers in the fertile crescent region?
First person account by someone who actually saw or lived through it
What is a primary source?
A technique archaeologists use at their dig sites
What are....
grids
maps
Dates that occur before zero
What are B.C. and B.C.E.?
To tame plants and animals for human use
What is domesticate?
Material that Sumerians use to make their homes and building
Pottery, weapons and other man made items left behind
What is an artifact?
What kind of dating do archaeologists use that measures a radioactive element and helps find the age of remains?
What is carbon dating?
People who study and write about the human past
What is a historian?
Another name for a scribe
What is a writer?
Two contributions the Sumerians made to future generations
What were...
plow, water wheel, writing, sailboat, astronomy, herbal medicine, geometry, irrigation systems, number systems, wagon wheel
People who regularly move from place to place
What is a nomad?