Chapter 1-6
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- 2. Before Christ. Used to label dates for things that happened before the birth of Jesus Christ in
- 5. River (you-fray-tees): One of the two rivers that creates Mesopotamia. It floods
- 6. began. BCE dates count backward from the beginning of our calendar system.
- 9. River (suh-ruhs-wuh-tee): Now dried up, the Sarasvati River used to flow out of the
- 10. Common Era. Used to label dates for things that have happened after our calendar system
- 12. A person who studies history and prehistory by excavating and examining artifacts
- 13. Someone whose job it was to serve the pharaoh and his family
- 15. Someone who did not have freedom and was forced to work for the pharaoh
- 17. (har-ap-pa): The first Indus Valley city discovered.
- 20. Age: A period in human history where stone was the most advanced technology.
- 27. other physical remains of human life.
- 28. (jer-i-ko): Ancient city located in the Fertile Crescent. It’s city walls may be the oldest in
- 29. A person who studies human history by studying written sources and physical objects.
- 31. A city and surrounding land that is independent and acts like its own country with its
- 32. Valley (in-dus): The area surrounding the Indus River, located in modern-day India and
- 33. Mountains (him-a-lay-a): The tallest mountains in the world; they separate the Indian
- 36. gatherer: A person who collects food to eat by hunting wild animals and gathering edible
- 38. Someone who worked for the pharaoh to help run Egypt
- 39. Before Common Era. Used to label dates for things that happened before our calendar
- 41. (mo-hen-jo-dar-o): One of the largest Indus Valley cities discovered.
- 42. land: The fertile land right next to the Nile
- 43. East: A modern term used to describe the land where Europe, Asia, and Africa all meet.
- 47. from the rest of Asia. The source of the Indus River.
Down
- 1. (mess-o-po-tame-ee-a): The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. This is the
- 3. Someone skilled in a craft like carving, painting, or writing
- 4. land: The infertile desert land surrounding Egypt
- 7. Mountains and helped support the Indus Valley Civilization.
- 8. River (ti-gris): One of the two rivers that creates Mesopotamia. It floods annually leaving
- 10. The beliefs and social customs of a group of people. It also includes the religion, stories,
- 11. Religious leader who would also advise the pharaoh on how to rule Egypt
- 12. leaving behind silt, making farming along it easier.
- 14. silt, making farming along it easier.
- 16. The name of the writing developed by the ancient Sumerians.
- 18. History that occurred before the invention of writing.
- 19. A cylinder-shaped piece of clay covered in backwards cuneiform. It could be rolled over a clay
- 21. world.
- 22. The location of an advanced ancient civilization.
- 23. of the earliest human farming and civilization. Located in modern-day Iraq.
- 24. The god-king who ruled Egypt
- 25. Anno Domini, means “Year of our Lord” in Latin. Used to label dates for things that happened
- 26. Christian calendar system. BC dates are the same as BCE dates.
- 30. government. All of the cities in Sumer were city-states. They were not united.
- 33. The study of events from the past; the study of human events after the invention of
- 34. side, more recent events are on the right-hand side.
- 35. A visual representation of time. Things that happened a very long time ago are on the
- 37. to write the same things over and over again.
- 40. of the Fertile Crescent.
- 44. the birth of Jesus Christ in the Christian calendar system. AD dates are the same as CE dates.
- 45. architecture, and music of a group of people.
- 46. A person with no fixed home who wanders from place to place, often in search of food.