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First Civilizations
Study Guide to Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Empire | A group of many different lands under one ruler |
| Nebuchadnezzar | Chaldean king who built the Hanging Gardens. Ruled all of Mesopotamia |
| Assyrians | People who had the first large army to use iron weapons |
| Babylon | The center of the Chaldean Empire |
| Caravan | Group of traveling Merchants |
| Sumerian Inventions | Plow, wheel, sailboat, cuneiform, writing, and ziggurants |
| Domestication | Taming an naimal or plant for use by humans |
| Trade | to exchange goods with others helping to spread ideas around the world |
| Nomads | People who move from place to place on a regular basis |
| Artifacts | Things made by humans long ago |
| Archaeologist | Person who studies artifacts and fossils to understand the past. |
| Catal Huyuk | One of the oldest cities in present day turkey |
| Farming | Important event in human history, People were able to grow their own crops, settle in one place, trade with others |
| Tigris and Euphrates | Two rivers running through Mesopotamia |
| Middle Class | Artisans, merchants, farmers, and fisherman |
| Historians | People who study and write about the human past |
| Fossils | Any evidence of past life (plants or animals) preserved in the rocks |
| Ice Age | Period of imte when great sheets of ice covered parts of the earth |
| Bronze | Mixture of copper and tin |
| Jericho | One of the oldest known cities |
| Mud Bricks | Building material for homes |
| Hittites | Developed a way of making iron stonger |
| Mesopotamia | Area of the middle east known as the "cradle of civilization". Climae is how and dry. |
| Epic | A long poem about a hero |
| Paleolithic | "Old Stone Age" |
| Irrigation | A way of bringing water to crops by building dams, walls and ditches |
| Artisans | Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, and pottery |
| Hammurabi | Leader famous for his law code |
| Cuneiform | System of writing used by the Sumerians |
| Nineveh | Center of Chaldean Empire and site of one of the oldest libraries |
| Gilgemesh | A hero of an epic who travels and the world performing great deeds |
| scribes | record keepers who went on to become government officials |
| neolithic | New Stone Age |
| ziggurat | A grand temple with a shrine at the top |
| Sargon | King of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia |
| Astronomers | People who study heavenly bodies |
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