Light to the Nations - Introduction

4. This country provided the gifts of Philosophy and natural order.
8. This type of person moved from place to place in search of food.
12. The art of cultivating crops and domesticating herd animals.
14. This event marked the beginning of the period known as Anno Domini.
15. A culture that builds and supports cities.
16. The Latin word for, "let it be so".
17. This group of people swept over Turkey, Iran and India.
20. The time period between 10,000 BC and 2,000 BC
21. This country provided the gifts of law and justice.
24. The time period between 50,000 BC and 10,000 BC
25. the Mediterranean world was under the rule of the _______ empire.
26. The Paleolithic people worshiped many ___ of nature,who were frightening.
27. The period of human life before the invention of writing.

1. Prehistory is broken up into two categories: Neolithic and _______.
2. This civilization, in Greek means, "land in the middle of the rivers."
3. Binding agreement between two or more individuals to cooperate in a mutual task.
5. The science of designing and raising houses.
6. These countries provided the gifts of Mathematics, astronomy, technology. The Mesopotamians/________________.
7. The time period that means the year of our Lord.
9. Neolithic people advanced because of two developments; agriculture and _____.
10. Between 7,000 - 6,000 BC the first _____ developed.
11. The Assyrian and ________ empires took over much of the known world.
13. The time period that means, "before Christ".
14. The 4 first main civilizations include Yellow River Valley, Mesopotamia, Egypt and ______ River Valley.
18. This country had many laws, which they thought of as cruel and petty.
19. The study of what people did based on written record.
22. The Romans called the Mediterranean Sea, "our sea", which in Latin is ______ _______.
23. Knowing how to use this, people could cook, keep warm and their lifespan increased.