| A | B |
|---|
| Paleolithic | Old Stone Age |
| Paleolithic | Taming fire was an advancement during this time |
| Artifacts | Weapons, tools, and other things made by humans |
| Nebuchadnezzar | Chaldean king who built the Hanging Gardens |
| Irrigation | A way of bringing water to crops |
| Mesopotamia | Cradle of Civilization |
| Catal Huyuk | One of the oldest known cities. Present day Turkey |
| Archeologists | People who look for evidence buried in the ground |
| Anthropologists | People who study how humans developed |
| Ziggurat | A large Sumerian temple |
| Scribe | Someone who is taught to read and write |
| Ice Ages | Times of extreme cold when sheets of ice covered the earth |
| Domesticaiton | Taming animals or plant for human use |
| Fire | Helped humans cook, keep warm and scare animals away |
| Specialization | Developing new and different skills |
| Mesopotamia | Located between the Tigris and the Euprates Rivers |
| Cuneiform | Sumerian writing system |
| Sargon | King of the Akkadians and conquered all of Mesopostamia |
| Hammurabi | Wrote a leagal code that covered most areas of daily life |
| Add on timeline | When event occured EARLIER |
| Subtract on timeline | When event occured LATER |
| Babylon | center of Chaldean Empire |
| Caravan | Traveling group of merchants |
| Assyrians | First large army to use iron weapons |
| Assyrians | Empire after the Babylonians |
