Ancient History and Early Civilizations Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards covering early human history, agriculture, Mesopotamian civilizations, and key historical terms.

Paleolithic

Old Stone Age

Neolithic

Farming

Agriculture

Farming

Domestication

Taming animals

Civilization

Surplus + Government + Specialized labor

Beringia

Land bridge between Siberia and Alaska

Homo sapiens

Modern humans

Mesopotamia

Land between Tigris & Euphrates

City-state

Independent city + surrounding land

Cuneiform

Sumerian writing

Stylus

Tool used to write cuneiform

Ziggurat

Sumerian temple

Polytheism

Many gods

Sargon

Early empire

Hammurabi

Code of Laws

Hittites

Iron

Assyrians

Warriors + Nineveh

Epic of Gilgamesh

Ancient Mesopotamian epic

Nebuchadnezzar

Chaldeans + Babylon

Persians

Roads + Zoroastrianism