world history

History is a reconstruction of the past shaped by __ perspectives.

differing

A perspective is the angle or point of view through which a historian __ events.

interprets

The U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 was interpreted differently by historians like John W. Dower and __ Alperovitz.

Gar

Multiple perspectives in history are important because they prevent __.

bias

Mesopotamia is called the __ of Civilization because some of the earliest cities developed there.

Cradle

The rise of civilization in Mesopotamia began with the __ Revolution.

Neolithic

Farming created food surplus, which led to permanent __ and population growth.

settlements

The first known cities such as Ur and Uruk were built by the __.

Sumerians

Babylonia produced the famous Code of __, one of the earliest written laws.

Hammurabi

Cuneiform, the world’s first writing system, was invented in __.

Mesopotamia

Agriculture formed the economic base of Mesopotamian society, which was __ in structure.

hierarchical

Mesopotamia contributed advancements such as writing, law, mathematics (base-60 system), and __.

astronomy