| A | B |
|---|
| Sheep | first animals to be domesticated |
| Mesopotamia | between Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| Sumer | 2300 b.c.e. - 2000 b.c.e. The first civilization, it had specilization of labor, had first written laws, record keeping and a ziggurat |
| Ziggurat | temple of ancient Sumer |
| Babylonians | 2000b.c.e - 1740 b.c.e. They developed geometry and algebra and the Hammurabi code of law. |
| Assyrians | 900b.c.e. - 612 b.c.e. They were metal workers who developed a library. |
| Persians | 530 b.c.e. - ... They created a paved road system, a unified system of laws, taxes and money, horseshoes, banking and international trade. |
| Pharoah | Egyptian god on earth |
| Hatsheput | first female ruler in history |
| Hieroglyphics | Egyptian picture writing |
| Ramsses II | Powerful ruler of Egypt |
| burin | tool to make tools |
| reincarnation | belief of rebirth |
| Fertile Crescent | area known as Mesopotamia |
| Ganges & Indus | location of first Indian civilizations |
| Mayan | ancient civilization in central America |
| Ten Commandments | basis for Hebrew law |
| Hammurabi | created a code of law for the Babylonians |
| Neanderthal | early man who stood upright |
