| A | B |
|---|
| Neolithic | new stone age |
| Paleolithic | old stone age |
| Slash and burn agricultural | existed in many parts of the world…burn off tree’s and farm for a few years. |
| Catal Huyuk | first Neolithic village |
| Civilization | societies with enough economic surplus to form divisions of labor and a social hierarchy involving significant inequalities |
| Cuneiform | first development of writing |
| Tigris-Euphrates Civilization | formal codes of law, city planning and architecture, institutions of trade (including the use of money) |
| Nomads | individuals who didn’t settle in one specific location but moved around for hunting and gathering purposes |
| Mesopotamia | forms one of only a few cases of a civilization developed absolutely from scratch…with no help from anyone |
| Sumerians | developed the cuneiform alphabet |
| City-States | Sumerian political structure |
| Babylonians | extended their own empire and thus helped bring civilizations to other parts of the Middle East |
| Hammurabi | introduced the most famous early code of law |
| Monotheism | believing in one God |
