Paleolithic
When was the Paleolithic time period
2.5 million BC - 8,000BC
When was the Neolithic time period?
8,000 BC - 4,000BC
A person who moves from place to place to survive
Nomad
When was the Bronze time period?
4,000BC - 1,200BC
How did Assyrian take over Mesopotamia?
Assyrian army used iron tools and weapons
Hunted and gathered
What change marked the Neolithic time period?
Tame
What change marked the beginning of the Bronze Age?
People learned to make bronze from tin and cooper
Which technologies developed in Sumer?
Cuneiform and the wheel
What technology occurred during the Paleolithic time period?
Fire
Spoken Language
How did life change in the Neolithic time period?
better food supply
communities
Worship
Rich Soil
Silt
Where did this civilization begin?
Egypt, Mesopotamia, Indus Valley, and China
How did new technologies affect people in the Neolithic Age
People became healthier once they had better food supplies
What is an ice age?
Long periods of EXTREME cold
What new technologies occurred during the Neolithic time period?
Trade
Farming
Woven cloth
Pottery
A payment made to a ruler as a sign of surrender
Tribute
What traits did this civilization have?
trade caused cities to grow
people formed governments
religion
social classes
What happened to the Chaldean Empire?
The Chaldeans grew wealthy from trade caravans
What does lithic mean
lithic-stone
What does Neo mean?
What does lithic mean?
Neo-new
lithic-stone
A belief in many gods
polytheism
What three things are needed to make bronze?
Tin + Copper + Heat = Bronze
Why was the Empire of Sargon significant?
It was the first known empire