Midterm Flashcards
1
Q
hominins
A
early ancestors of humans
2
Q
Mesopotamia
A
a fertile river valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
3
Q
city-state
A
a city that’s also a country
4
Q
cuneiform
A
The first written language with characters on stone tablets
5
Q
Hadza
A
the only population in East Africa that continues to rely on hunting and gathering.
6
Q
Queen Kubaba
A
the only queen on the Sumerian king list. Ruled around 2400 BCE. Rose to power because she fed a fisherman fish and it pleaded the god Marduk.
