Unit 1 World History

3. (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.
4. region within the Fertile Crescent that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
6. a political unit that includes a city and its surrounding lands and villages
7. a complex, highly organized social order
8. PERIOD, The final era of prehistory, which began about 9000.b.c.; also called the New Stone Age
10. believing in many gods
12. system of ranking groups

1. The way of life of a society, which is handed down from one generation to the next by learning and experience
2. person who moves from place to place in search of food
5. believing in one god
9. to arrange or set down in writing
10. 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
11. a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler