Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, hot and dry climate, unpredictable floods, good farming conditions, provided fish and freshwater, made travel and trade easier
What was Mesopotamia's geography?
100
wild rapid
What is a cataract?
100
Strongest people living in Canaan in 1000 BC
Who were the Philistines?
100
someone who takes power by force & rules with total authority
What is a tyrant?
200
scientist who learns about past human life by studying fossils and artifacts
What is an archaeologist?
200
complex society with cities, organized governments, art, religion, class divisions & writing system
What is a civilization?
200
The world's longest river: about 4000 miles
What is the Nile River?
200
1st king
Which king was Saul?
200
a few people hold power (Sparta)
What is an Oligarchy?
300
trace of plants or animals
What is a fossil?
300
independent state made up of a city & the surrounding land & villages
What is a city-state?
300
west in Egypt
Where was the Sahara Desert?
300
2nd king
Which king was David?
300
all citizens share power (Athens)
What is a Democracy?
400
2.5 million yrs. ago to about 8000 BC
When was the Paleolithic Age?
400
for glory and territory
Why did city-states go to war?
400
east in Egypt
Where was the Eastern Desert?
400
3rd king; last king
Which king was Solomon?
400
to be strong soldiers
What were Spartans taught?
500
About 8000 BC to 4000 BC
When was the Neolithic Age?
500
kings, priests, government officials
What was included in their upper class?
500
Nile River, delta, cataracts, the Red Land, Sahara and Eastern Desert, sunny climate with little rainfall
What was Egypt's geography?
500
10 tribes
When the tribes split up after Solomon's death, how many went north to Israel?
500
(Boys) reading, writing, arithmetic, sports, sing & play instrument (Girls) only wealthy girls learned