World History

3. System of writing in which pictures called hieroglyphs represent objects, concepts, or sounds
4. System of ranking groups
8. Belief in many gods
9. Title of the rulers of ancient Egypt
10. To arrange or set down in writing
13. A complex, highly organized social order
14. Region within the Fertile Crescent that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
16. Person who moves from place to place in search of food

1. The final era of prehistory, which began about 9000.b.c.; also called the New Stone Age
2. Ruling family
5. A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler
6. The era of prehistory that lasted from at least 2 million b.c. to about 9000 b.c.; also called the Old Stone Age
7. A political unit that includes a city and its surrounding lands and villages
11. The way of life of a society, which is handed down from one generation to the next by learning and experience
12. Belief in one God
15. (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.