Chapter 1 Journey Across Time

____________- record keeper

The earliest civilization was called _____________.

______________- a city and its surrounding area that acts as an individual political entity

_________________- a practice in which different people focus on different jobs

An __________ is a long poem telling a story.

___________- to tame plants or animals for human use

______________- a complex society.

The period prior to human record keeping is known as _________________.

Which scientist studies fossils?

How did early humans spend most of their time?

_____________________- a person who studies stars, planets, and other heavenly bodies.

What rivers were essential to life in Mesopotamia?

____________- a weapon, tool, or other item made by humans.

A ____________ is a change that affects many areas of life.

The Sumerian's greatest invention was _____________.

_________- a person who studies and writes about the human past.

When cooper was mixed with tin ____________ was created.

Nineveh was home to one of the world's first _______________.

_____________ was the most important discovery during the Stone Age.

_______- a scientist who digs up clues about the past

A____________ is a political district

Where did the first cities arise?

___________- Sumerian system of writing

Once the Ice Age ended people began to _____________ animals.

What is Hammurabi best known for? 

________________ would become the world's richest city during the 600s. (B.C.)

The city of _______________ was the Assyrian capital.

The development of __________ made it easier for people to work together and pass on knowledge

____________- traces of plants and animals that have been preserved in rock.

_________- a person who regularly moves from place to place

_______________- tools and methods that help humans perform tasks.

Historians call the early period of human history as the ________________.

Babylon was located on a major trade route between the Persian and the ____________ Sea.

How did early humans spend most of their time?

__________- water cropping

_______________ is the world's oldest known story.

__________- a scientist who studies how humans and how their societies develop.

What group seized Nineveh in 612 B.C.?

The people of Sumer worshiped many Gods this is called ____________ 

The oldest known civilizations are believed to have been located in the __________________.

How did the Assyrian kings join all parts of their empire?

What river was not part of Assyria?