The Paleolithic Era
People in the Paleolithic Era got food this way.
Hunting and gathering.
People in the Neolithic Era got food this way
Farming/Domesticating animals
The wheel
Hammurabi's code was the first set of ___________ ever written
Laws
Mesopotamia is located between two of these
Rivers
This material was used with wood during the Paleolithic age to make tools
Stone
The Neolithic age is also known as the New ________ ________
Stone Age
What did people in Mesopotamia use to write? For example, today we use a paper and pencil.
A wooden punch and clay tablet
What was the system of justice like before Hammurabi's code?
People would take revenge on somebody that harmed their family.
Mesopotamia was located in this modern-day country
Iraq
What job do people have if they dig up and study artifacts?
Agriculture involves growing crops, and what else?
Raising animals for milk, cheese, meat, eggs, etc.
The first written language
Cuneiform
Hammurabi's Code was written in this city, where Hammurabi was born
Babylon
Mesopotamia is located in this type of geographical area
(HINT: two words)
River Valley
Hunter-gatherers were nomadic, which means ___________
People who travel without a permanent home
How agriculture was discovered
By accident when somebody dropped seeds on the ground
It had 12 lunar months.
The most famous phrase from Hammurabi's Code that we still use today is
"An eye for an eye"
Mesopotamia was "socially stratified." What does this mean?
There were different social classes, some higher and some lower.
Needles -- used to make nets, baskets, and clothing -- were made out of this material
Bone
The Neolithic age began around this year
8,000 BCE
Mesopotamian religion was "polytheistic." What does this mean?
They believed in many different gods.
Hammurabi's code was created to "make __________ visible in the land... [so that] the strong might not injure the weak."
Justice
People in Mesopotamia relied on these two rivers to provide water for their crops
Tigris and Euphrates