Geography Sensational Sumer Important People Chain of Civilization Early Humans History’s...

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Geography Sensational

SumerImportant

People

Chain of

Civilization

Early

Humans

History’s

Detectives

Key

VocabularyPotpourri

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The two rivers that allowed Mesopotamian civilization to develop

Tigris and Euphrates

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Sumer’s favorite material to build with.

Mud Brick

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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

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Things made by humans long ago.

Artifacts

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People who study and write about the

human past.

Historians

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“Old Stone Age”

Paleolithic

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The continent Mesopotamia can be

found on.

Asia

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Sumer’s most important invention.

Writing

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They were groups of traveling merchants.

Caravans

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Good farming techniques led to this

step.

Surplus

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To tame plants and animals for human

use.

Domesticate

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They dig up clues about the past.

Archaeologists

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Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth and

pottery.

Artisans

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The rich soil left behind after the

flooding.

Silt

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Ur, Uruk and Eridu were examples of these political

divisions.

City-States

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They taught the Assryians how to use iron for their weapons.

Hittites

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Artisans are a result of this step.

Specialization

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The world’s two oldest cities.

Catal Huyuk and Jericho

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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

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The four groups that made up Sumer’s

middle class.

Artisans, Merchants, Farmers, Fishers

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Chaldean King who built the Hanging

Gardens.

Nebuchadnezzar

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The two possible outcomes of the final

step.Free exchange or

conflict

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The nickname given Mesopotamia.

“Cradle of Civilization”

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The two types of sources historians

depend on.

Primary and Secondary

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The type of literature that made Gilgamesh

famous.

Epic Poem

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The two words that best describe

Mesopotamia’s climate.

Hot and Dry

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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

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The center of the Chaldean Empire.

Babylon

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