Chapter 2 Prehistory: Beginning Man's Story People, Places and Ideas

Catalhuyuk

one of the world's first villages, established in modern-day Turkey around 7000 B.C.

Bronze Age

a period of human culture between the Stone Age and the Iron Age, characterized by the use of weapons and implements made of bronze

Iron Age

the period following the Bronze Age; characterized by rapid spread of iron tools and weapons

Stone Age

The historical period characterized by the production of tools from stone and other nonmetallic substances. It was followed in some places by the Bronze Age

Homo sapiens

"thinking man," modern humans

radiocarbon dating

Archaeologists use this test to determine the date/age of organic artifacts.

Neanderthals

ancestor to the modern man

nomadic

wandering from place to place

Herodotus

the ancient Greek known as the father of history

Sargon

2340 B.C. leader of the Akkadians who overran the Sumerian city-state and set up the first empire

Hammurabi

He designed a legal code in early Babylon that gave harsh punishment for broken laws

Akkadian king who ruled for 56 years and established that his sons would take over for him

Sargon

Babylonian king who claimed the gods told him to create his code of laws

Hammurabi

Empire of Mesopotamia known for it's military strength

Assyrians

Most famous king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire

Nebuchadnezzar

Mesopotamian empire known for the first written code of laws

Babylonian Empire

Mesopotamian Empire with the capital of Agade

Akkadians

Mesopotamia is located in the modern day country of

Iraq

Assyrian city that Jonah was called to save from its evil ways

Nineveh

Mesopotamian writing

Cuneiform

Mesopotamian form of government

monarchy & theocracy

Mesopotamian Religion

-polytheistic, with over 3,000 gods and goddesses

-priests and priestesses had lots of power, were a theocracy, the gov. established by divine authority

Mesopotamia Government

Where was agriculture first invented?

Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia)

What are the time periods of Egyptian history?

Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom

Egyptian king

Pharaoh

Most important Egyptian god

Ra, the sun god

Egyptian writing

Hieroglyphics

What allowed scientists to be able to read hieroglyphics?

Rosetta Stone

sacred animals in Ancient Egypt

cats & ibises

Who had the Great Pyramid built?

Pharaoh Khufu

Giant statue with a lion's body and man's head

The Sphinx

What pharaoh tried to change Ancient Egypt from polytheism to monotheism?

Akhenaten

Female pharaoh

Hatshepsut

sarcophagus

a large stone coffin for burying the pharaoh

King Tutankhamen

Egyptian pharaoh, he died while still a young king. The discovery of his tomb in 1922 has taught archaeologists much about Egyptian culture.

Egyptian invention we use still today

umbrella

mummification

A process of embalming and drying corpses to prevent them from decaying