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- 3. Metal tool that is used to carve open the ground planting - likely dates back to about 3200 BCE. Revolutionary invention in the development of farming.
- 5. Crescent Also called the cradle of civilization, an area of modern day Iraq, Syria and Turkey where human civilization developed.
- 6. Archaeological evidence suggest that the city-state of Ur invented the wheel around 3500 BCE, - considered most important mechanical invention in history.
- 9. A small independent city that operates like a tiny country. Controls city and land surrounding with own government.
- 11. The belief in multiple gods or goddesses in religion.
- 12. The "land between the rivers" a general names for the area and the people where civilization first developed.
- 16. of labor Is a system where people focus on creating one thing and become specialist in that producing more than they can use and selling the rest.
- 17. A method in which water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture.
- 18. of Hammurabi The world's oldest complete Code of Law. Created around 1800 BCE in Babylon, the laws listed crime and punishments.
- 21. society A society that is based around agriculture and cannot survive without producing much of their own food.
- 22. A mostly flat area of land that sits near a water source that floods, The flooding often helps create rich farmland.
- 23. One of the earliest forms of writing developed by mankind.
- 24. The exchanging of goods and services or other good and services.
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- 1. Age A time period beginning around 3000 BCE where humans began using metals to make tools - also humans begin developing significant urban development.
- 2. resources materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can used by people for economic gain.
- 4. A Mesopotamia religious temple. Ziggurats and tiered buildings and where often the biggest and most important building within a city-state.
- 7. hierarchy A system of organizing society into groups and rank order them in order of importance to the society. Often uses a pyramid shape.
- 8. A Babylonian King (650 BCE to 562 BCE) is credited with building the legendary Hanging Gardens of Babylon and destroying much of Jerusalem.
- 10. A muddy material left behind after a river floods. The material is often rich a nutrients needed in good farmland.
- 13. A society or family that is based around the males.
- 14. of Gilgamesh Believed to the world's oldest great work literature that dates back to at least 2100 BCE. The story is known to have influence many Biblical stories.
- 15. A person who has the ability t write in ancient times. Often used to keep records for the government,
- 19. calendar World's oldest calendar based on lunar cycle and used a 354 day year.
- 20. and Euphrates Rivers Two parallel rivers in Iraq and Syria where civilization first developed around. The rivers flooded annually providing rich farmland for humans to use.