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Early Humans
New Discoveries
Civilization emerges
Empires and Law
100
The time before written history.
What is prehistory?
100
The period of human history between 8000 b.c. to 4000 b.c. where humans went from hunting and gathering to domesticating animals and farming.
What is the Neolithic Age?
100
The land between two rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
100
The leader of the Akkadians, emperor to the first empire in world history!
Who was Sargon?
200
A human-like creature that walked upright.
What is a hominid?
200
The system of domesticating plants and animals on a regular basis, in other words FARMING.
What is systematic agriculture?
200
The belief in many Gods.
What is polytheism?
200
A large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, that controls many peoples
What is an empire?
300
The study of past societies through analysis of what people left behind.
What is archaeology?
300
Specialized workers that made goods to trade with neighbors.
What is an artisan?
300
Farming thrives because of these two components.
What are good soil and a water source?
300
He gained control of Sumer and Akkad and created a new Mesopotamian empire.
Who was Hammurabi?
400
People that have no settled home and move from place to place.
What are nomads?
400
According to page 18 of your textbook, this is a complex culture in which large numbers of humans beings share a number of common elements.
What is a Civilization?
400
A city that governs itself as a nation.
What is a city-state?
400
A collection of strict laws with severe consequences.
What was the Code of Hammurabi?
500
The time when early humans were still nomadic and using stone tools. Hint: Before the Neolithic Age
What was the Paleolithic Age?
500
Cities, government, religion, social structure, writing and art.
What are the 6 components to a civilization?
500
A government ran by divine law or divine authority.
What is a Theocracy?
500
Ancient Mesopotamia was located in this present-day country.
What is Iraq?