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Early Humans&Rise of Civilizations
- What began the
Neolithic Age?
- When early
humans began
farming
- Neolithic Age
developed how
long ago?
- 8000 BCE
- 8000 BCE
- What benefits were
there for raising plants
and animals?
- They had a
stable food
supply
- They had a
stable food
supply
- Why were doorways
up high on the walls in
ancient homes?
- People wanted to be safe
from wild animals and
enemies
- People wanted to be safe
from wild animals and
enemies
- When early
humans began
farming
- Paleolithic people did
what to get their food?
- Paleolithic people
used hunting and
gathering to get food.
- Paleolithic people
used hunting and
gathering to get food.
- Mesopotamia means?
- Between two rivers.
The Tigris and
Euphrates rivers.
- Between two rivers.
The Tigris and
Euphrates rivers.
- Why are Sumerian
towns called
city-states?
- They were like
independent
countries and had
their own rulers and
farmland.
- They were like
independent
countries and had
their own rulers and
farmland.
- Explain why
Sumerians used
irrigation?
- To supply water to their crops and
farmlands.To store water for later
use, levees were built to prevent
floods and store rain water.
- Give some examples of
different kinds of
irrigation.
- Levees, dams and
reservoirs
- Levees, dams and
reservoirs
- To supply water to their crops and
farmlands.To store water for later
use, levees were built to prevent
floods and store rain water.
- Explain how security of
Sumerian city states
worked?
- They built walls around their
cities and constructed moats to
keep enemies from attacking.
- They built walls around their
cities and constructed moats to
keep enemies from attacking.
- Why was it important
to write things
down?
- They recorded laws in
Sumerian government. Also
they recorded what taxes
were collected and how
remembering weather events.
- What were the people
called in Sumeria that
recorded things?
- Scribes are individuals
that recorded things in
ancient Sumeria.
- Scribes are individuals
that recorded things in
ancient Sumeria.
- What was ancient
Sumerian writing called?
It is based off what?
- Ancient Sumerian writing is
called Cuneiform and made
using a wedge-shaped stylus. It is
based off pictograph writing that
they used before cuneiform.
- Ancient Sumerian writing is
called Cuneiform and made
using a wedge-shaped stylus. It is
based off pictograph writing that
they used before cuneiform.
- They recorded laws in
Sumerian government. Also
they recorded what taxes
were collected and how
remembering weather events.
- Explain the importance of
religion to ancient
Sumerians?
- Ziggurats were temples for the
gods. Sumerians thought the
gods lived on top of the
Ziggurats and that is where
they would perform their
sacred rituals.
- Ziggurats were temples for the
gods. Sumerians thought the
gods lived on top of the
Ziggurats and that is where
they would perform their
sacred rituals.
- Who was Hammurabi?
- Hammurabi was
the ruler of the
Babylonians and he
is known for having
the first written
code-of-laws.
- Hammurabi was
the ruler of the
Babylonians and he
is known for having
the first written
code-of-laws.
- Who was
Nebuchadnezzar?
Why is he important?
- Nebuchadnezzar is
important because he
was the leader of the
Neo-Babylonians and
built walls, towers and
a moat around his
capital city.
- Nebuchadnezzar is
important because he
was the leader of the
Neo-Babylonians and
built walls, towers and
a moat around his
capital city.
- What are the Hanging
Gardens of Babylon?
- The Hanging
Gardens of
Babylon were
gardens planted
in the royal
palace.
- The Hanging
Gardens of
Babylon were
gardens planted
in the royal
palace.
- Put the ancient civilizations
of Mesopotamia in order
from oldest to newest?
- 1st Sumerian
- 2nd Akkadian
- 3rd Babylonian
- 4th Assyrian
- 5th Neo-Babylonian
- 5th Neo-Babylonian
- 4th Assyrian
- 3rd Babylonian
- 2nd Akkadian
- 1st Sumerian
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