The Near East Civilizations Week 2

A species on the human branch of the evolutionary tree; a member of the family Hominidae, including Homo sapiens and our ancestors

(750,000 BCE - 10,000 B.C.E.) Old Stone Age. A period of time in human history characterized by the use of stone tools and the use of hunting and gathering as a food source.

The switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle is this revolution.

A form of social organization in which males dominate females

A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes

A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies.

A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians.

A government controlled by religious leaders

Belief in many gods.

The art or act of predicting the future or discovering hidden knowledge

A type of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.

People who dominated southern Mesopotamia through the end of the third millennium B.C.E. Responsible for the creation of many fundamental elements of their culture-such as irrigation technology, cuneiform, and religious conceptions.

This empire was run by Hammurabi. He had a code of law which told people how to live. It was very strict.

A people from central Anatolia who established an empire in Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age.

A maritime people who spread their alphabet to others including the Hebrews, Romans, and Greeks.