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Geography Sensational
SumerImportant
People
Chain of
Civilization
Early
Humans
History’s
Detectives
Key
VocabularyPotpourri
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The two rivers that allowed Mesopotamian civilization to develop
Tigris and Euphrates
100
Sumer’s favorite material to build with.
Mud Brick
100
He created a legal code that covered
almost every aspect of daily life.
Hammurabi
100
The first and most important step in the
chain.
Agriculture
100
Things made by humans long ago.
Artifacts
100
People who study and write about the
human past.
Historians
100
“Old Stone Age”
Paleolithic
100
The continent Mesopotamia can be
found on.
Asia
200
Sumer’s most important invention.
Writing
200
They were groups of traveling merchants.
Caravans
200
Good farming techniques led to this
step.
Surplus
200
To tame plants and animals for human
use.
Domesticate
200
They dig up clues about the past.
Archaeologists
200
Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth and
pottery.
Artisans
200
The rich soil left behind after the
flooding.
Silt
300
Ur, Uruk and Eridu were examples of these political
divisions.
City-States
300
They taught the Assryians how to use iron for their weapons.
Hittites
300
Artisans are a result of this step.
Specialization
300
The world’s two oldest cities.
Catal Huyuk and Jericho
300
They study how humans and their societies develop.
Anthropologists
300
Building dams, channels, walls, and
ditches to bring water to crops.
Irrigation
300
The two geographic features that stopped
the Assyrians from expanding their empire.
Deserts & Mountains
400
The four groups that made up Sumer’s
middle class.
Artisans, Merchants, Farmers, Fishers
400
Chaldean King who built the Hanging
Gardens.
Nebuchadnezzar
400
The two possible outcomes of the final
step.Free exchange or
conflict
400
The nickname given Mesopotamia.
“Cradle of Civilization”
400
The two types of sources historians
depend on.
Primary and Secondary
400
The type of literature that made Gilgamesh
famous.
Epic Poem
400
The two words that best describe
Mesopotamia’s climate.
Hot and Dry
100
The two materials that are responsible for the Bronze Age.