Social
Was the Paleolithic age the earliest period of the Stone Age or the new Stone Age?
Earliest period of the Stone Age
A Jewish leader
Rabbi
Hieroglyphics
A writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols
Polis
A Greek city-state
Israelites
God’s people
They believed in Judaism
Followed in one god
Was the Neolithic Age the earliest period of the Stone Age or the New Stone Age?
New Stone Age
A body of water with ___ sides- Peninsula
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Shadoof
A bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins
Greek city-states
A Greek city that can govern itself
Nomads
People who move from place to place as a group to find food for themselves
Is polytheism a belief in more than one god or a belief in one god?
A belief in more than one god
Cuneiform
Writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
Locusts
A grasshopper that often migrates in large numbers
Peloponnesian
A big war between Sparta and Athens
Empire
A large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler
Is monotheism a belief in more than one god or a belief in one god?
A belief in one God
Philosopher
A person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment
Ephors
A high-ranked government official in Sparta who was elected by the council of elders
Embalming
The process of treating a body to prevent it from decaying
Nile River
Ideal for human settlement river in West East Africa
Flooding in fertile soil helped ancient people farm
A government in which a small group has control
Oligarchy
Caravan
A group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
Savannas
Large, grasslands, sometimes surrounded by trees, in a tropical or subtropical region
Astronomers of Babylon
Babylonians that studied planets and stars
Invented one of the first sundials that measured time
Kosher
Prepared according to Jewish dietary law