Civilization Vocab

1. Period the final era of prehistory, which began about 9000.b.c.; also called the New Stone Age
3. ruling family
5. title of the rulers of ancient Egypt
6. to arrange or set down in writing
9. system of ranking groups
10. a complex, highly organized social order
11. believing in many gods
13. a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler
14. (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.
15. region within the Fertile Crescent that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

2. a political unit that includes a city and its surrounding lands and villages
4. believing in one god
7. person who moves from place to place in search of food
8. the era of prehistory that lasted from at least 2 million b.c. to about 9000 b.c.; also called the Old Stone Age
10. the way of life of a society, which is handed down from one generation to the next by learning and experience
12. system of writing in which pictures called hieroglyphs represent objects, concepts, or sounds