Leaders
Chaldean King
Nebuchadnezzar
land between rivers
Mesopotamia
study constellations and phases of the moon
astronomers
Started with the farming revolution
Neolithic
A long poem that tells the story of a hero
epic
Sargon
Assyrian Capital
Nineveh
Made iron tools and weapons
Hittites
old stone age; people adapted to their environment and invented tools to help them survive
Paleolithic
weapons, tools, other things made by humans
artifacts
people of Assyria
Assyrians
One of the oldest communities in the west banks between what is now Israel and Jordan.
Jericho
record keeper
scribe
a group of many different lands under one ruler
empire
What homes were built out of in the Neolithic Age
mud brick
Epic hero who travels around the world performing great deeds and searching for a way to live forever. Learns that this is possible only for gods.
Gilgamesh
well known Neolithic community in present day Turkey
Catal Huyuk
people who move from place to place
traces of plants and animals present in rock
fossils
Grand Temple also called a Mountain of God or Hill of Heaven
Ziggurats
Babylonian king who created the babylonian empire
Hammurabi
city and the land around it with it's own government; not part of any larger unit
city-state
skilled worker who made metal products, cloth, or pottery
artisan
transport of water to fields
irrigation
writing of the people of Sumer