Geography Sensational Sumer Important People Chain of Civilization

Geography Sensational Sumer Important People Chain of Civilization

Early Humans Historys Detectives Key Vocabulary

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400 400 The two rivers that allowed Mesopotamian civilization to develop Tigris and Euphrates

100 Sumers favorite material to build with. Mud Brick 100 He created a legal

code that covered almost every aspect of daily life. Hammurabi 100 The first and most important step in the chain.

Agriculture 100 Things made by humans long ago. Artifacts 100

People who study and write about the human past. Historians 100 Old Stone Age Paleolithic 100

The continent Mesopotamia can be found on. Asia 200 Sumers most

important invention. Writing 200 They were groups of traveling merchants. Caravans

200 Good farming techniques led to this step. Surplus 200 To tame plants and

animals for human use. Domesticate 200 They dig up clues about the past. Archaeologists 200

Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth and pottery. Artisans 200 The rich soil left

behind after the flooding. Silt 300 Ur, Uruk and Eridu were examples of these political divisions.

City-States 300 They taught the Assryians how to use iron for their weapons. Hittites

300 Artisans are a result of this step. Specialization 300 The worlds two

oldest cities. Catal Huyuk and Jericho 300 They study how humans and their societies develop.

Anthropologists 300 Building dams, channels, walls, and ditches to bring water to crops. Irrigation

300 The two geographic features that stopped the Assyrians from expanding their empire. Deserts & Mountains

400 The four groups that made up Sumers middle class. Artisans, Merchants, Farmers, Fishers 400

Chaldean King who built the Hanging Gardens. Nebuchadnezzar 400 The two possible outcomes of the final

step. Free exchange or conflict 400 The nickname given Mesopotamia. Cradle of

Civilization 400 The two types of sources historians depend on. Primary and Secondary 400

The type of literature that made Gilgamesh famous. Epic Poem 400 The two words that

best describe Mesopotamias climate. Hot and Dry 100 The two materials that are responsible for the Bronze Age.

Tin & Copper 200 They invented the first calendar and the seven day week. The Chaldeans 300

The center of the Chaldean Empire. Babylon 400