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Mesopotamia
Early Man
Civilizations
Grab bag
100
This is another name given to the Mesopotamian region because of its good soil.
the Fertile Crescent.
100

those who were on the move for berries, animals and plants

Hunter Gatherers

100

source of food that was reliable and consistent

Farming

100

A group of people who wander from place to place in search of food.

Nomads

200
This was the largest and most important structure in a Sumerian city.
a ziggurat.
200

Families of people always on the move were this size

small

200
changing the land to meet the needs of the civilization

Modify/adapt

200

This kind of land is often found by rivers and is good for growing crops.

What is Fertile Land

300
These are the names of the two main rivers that flow through Mesopotamia.
the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
300

most groups of people settled near this geographic feature

rivers/water

300

new ideas were spread from groups of people when...

they traveled across the continent

300

`The biggest problem with wandering from place to place looking for food.

What is that hunting and gathering did not give people a dependable supply of food

400
The process by which Mesopotamians brought water from rivers to their fields is called ________.
irrigation.
400

the process of using animals consistently and raising them

domestication

400

these were built when people began to stay in one place and families expanded

large homes/structures

400

Paleolithic people did not build houses so they often took shelter in one of these.

What are caves?

500

He wrote the first code of laws

Hammurabi's Code of Laws.

Hammurabi

500

people were on the move constantly during this ERA or time period

Paleolithic?Neolithic

500

archaeologists study these to learn about early civilizations

Artificats

500

the business of buying and selling or exchanging items

Trade