SS7-WH Flashcards
The Paleolithic period began:
2.5 million years ago
First use of stone tools was in the ______ period
Paleolithic
During the paleolithic period, humans survived by:
hunting and scavenging, called hunter-gatherers
The Paleolithic period ended:
10,000 BC
The Neolithic period started:
10,000 BC
Neolithic period is also called:
New Stone Age
Farming food and animals first started in the ______ period
Neolithic
A crescent-shaped area of rich farmland that stretched from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
Fertile Crescent
How many species of humans were there durin the Neolithic period?
Only one - homo sapiens. There were more previously, in the Paleolithic period.
Which two rivers were in the area of the Fertile Crescent?
The Tigris and the Euphrates.
Where was Mesopotamia?
Between the Tigris and the Euphrates
Where was Sumeria?
In the Fertile Crescent
Egyptian culture developed along which river? why?
the Nile. Seasonal flooding kept the soil very rich and good for farming.
The Sumerians were not a single culture, but a collection of separate cultures in states called:
city-states
Were Sumerian city-states organized in hierarchies?
Yes. Royalty at the top of each city-state, and other groups beneath them.
Who invented the writing system called cuneiform?
The Sumerians
Who wrote the world’s first Epic poem, The Epic of Gilgamesh?
The Sumerians
The Sumerians were eventually incorporated into the ________ empire
Mesopotamian
Mesopotamians were replaced by the _______, who were replaced by the _______, who were eventually replaced by the __________
Babylonians, Hittites, Persians
Where did the world’s first currency economy begin? Criminal law codes? Alphabet?
All during the Mesopotamian and Babylonian and Hittite and Persian empire period
When and where was the Code of Hamurabi created?
1790 BC, in Babylon
How many laws were in the Code of Hamurabi?
300, with different punishments for each offense
Up until 3100 BC, what two cultures had developed along the Nile?
Upper Egypt, and Lower Egypt
When did Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt unite?
3100 BC
Egypt history is divided into three periods called what?
The Old Kingdom, The Middle Kingdom, The New Kingdom
In The Old Kingdom (Egypt), the political system of _____ developed
pharaohs
When were the Great Pyramids built?
During the Old Kingdom, by the pharaohs
During the Middle Kingdom (Egypt), what notable things happened?
Massive crop failures, invasions, political issues
During the New Kingdom, Egypt ______
rebounded from the hardship of the Middle Kingdom
A place where Egyptians built huge tombs to bury their pharaohs in (NOT PYRAMIDS?) and other noble people
The Valley of Kings, very important archaeological site today
Egypt’s first female ruler
Hapshepsut
Egypt was the dominant power in North Africa until ____, when _____ came into the picture
1100 BC, Persia
Who developed hieroglyphics?
Egypt
What is the Rosetta Stone?
An Egyptian artifact that helped translate the hieroglypics
Which group created monotheism (belief in only one God)?
The Israelites
What are the three dominant religions of Western culture?
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
