Section 1 Journey Across Time

_________- a person who regularly moves from place to place

__________- water cropping

____________- record keeper

_____________ was the most important discovery during the Stone Age.

What is Hammurabi best known for? 

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

Which scientist studies fossils?

Once the Ice Age ended people began to _____________ animals.

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

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

The Sumerian's greatest invention was _____________.

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

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

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

How did early humans spend most of their time?

The city of _______________ was the Assyrian capital.

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

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

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

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

What river was not part of Assyria?

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

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

___________- Sumerian system of writing

_______________- tools and methods that help humans perform tasks.

The people of Sumer worshiped many Gods this is called ____________ 

A____________ is a political district

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

An __________ is a long poem telling a story.

When cooper was mixed with tin ____________ was created.

___________- to tame plants or animals for human use

The earliest civilization was called _____________.

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

Where did the first cities arise?

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

_______- a scientist who digs up clues about the past

_______________ is the world's oldest known story.

______________- a complex society.

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

How did early humans spend most of their time?

What rivers were essential to life in Mesopotamia?

What group seized Nineveh in 612 B.C.?