Mesopotamia Timelines

Question 1

Advantages to using a timeline

Answer 1

instead of listening dates, you can compare them to one another
it organizes information, it makes it easy to see events in order
it acts as a quick visual reference, you can get a lot of information from a timeline
it shows how closely different events happened to one another
events that appeared closer to one another were more recent to when they happened

Question 2

Do time lines show cause and affect?

Answer 2

yes

Question 3

How is time described on a time line?

Answer 3

BC = Before Christ
AD = Anno Domini (in Latin it means "in the year of our lord")

Question 4

How is time described on a time line?

Answer 4

BC = Before Christ
AD = Anno Domini (in Latin it means "in the year of our lord")
BCE = Before Common Era
CE = Common Era

Question 5

How is time described on a time line?

Answer 5

BC = Before Christ
AD = Anno Domini (in Latin it means "in the year of our lord")
BCE = Before Common Era
CE = Common Era

Question 6

c. = circa

Answer 6

it means an approximate date

Question 7

What is the best way to build a timeline?

Answer 7

1. Title of a Timeline (it will tell what the timeline is about)
2. Decide the years you want to cover (What is the earliest and most recent date on the timeline)
3. Measure the years out in even spaces
4. Include enough years labeled to approximate the dates
5. Lastly, add the events in proper location