VOCAB WORDS

3. ruling family
5. title of the rulers of ancient Egypt
10. believing in one god
12. (1792 B.C.–1750 B.C.) Hammurabi became the first king of the Babylonian empire. He inherited the power from his father, who extended Babylon’s control across Mesopotamia. Hammurabi is known for writing the first code of law in recorded history.
13. a political unit that includes a city and its surrounding lands and villages
14. system of writing in which pictures called hieroglyphs represent objects, concepts, or sounds
15. the way of life of a society, which is handed down from one generation to the next by learning and experience

1. region within the Fertile Crescent that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
2. believing in many gods
4. Period the era of prehistory that lasted from at least 2 million b.c. to about 9000 b.c.; also called the Old Stone Age
6. a complex, highly organized social order
7. to arrange or set down in writing
8. person who moves from place to place in search of food
9. a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler
11. Period the final era of prehistory, which began about 9000.b.c.; also called the New Stone Age
14. system of ranking groups