Sources
immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it.
What is a Primary Source?
Imaginary lines that run North and South but measure East and West
What are lines of Longitude?
a graphic representation of the passage of time as a line.
What is a timeline?
These were two major rivers in Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates River?
Belief in 1 god
What is Monotheism?
are one step removed from primary sources, though they often quote or otherwise use primary sources. They can cover the same topic, but add a layer of interpretation and analysis.
What are Secondary Sources?
Imaginary Lines that run East and West but measure North and South.
What are lines of Latitude?
This label is accompanied by events that happened before the year 0
what is BC/BCE?
This is rich sediment that comes from sediments in the river.
What is silt?
Belief in Many gods
What is Polytheism?
Newspaper reports, by reporters who witnessed an event or who quote people who did.
What is a Primary Source?
This line of longitude is located at ) degrees. Hint it is the primary one
What is the Prime Meridian?
This label accompanies events after the year 0
What is AD/CE?
This king created the first written laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
Moving water from one place to another.
What is irrigation?
Scholarly or other articles about a topic, especially by people not directly involved.
What is a Secondary Source?
This main line of Longitude is 0 degrees.
What is the Equator?
This timeline is used to show events that happened over 1 topic.
What is a single tier timeline?
This was the first written communication.
What is cuneiform?
Many ancient civilizations developed by these.
What are River Valleys
Most books about a topic where the author wasn't there.
What is a Secondary Source.
The Equator and the Prime Meridian split the Earth into half. It literally means half of Earth
What is a hemisphere?
This type of timeline compares events that happened over 2 topics
What is a multi tier timeline?
This is the country that Mesopotamia is located in.
What is Iraq
Mesopotamia was developed into these which were independent from each other and made their own laws.
What are city-states?