Paleolithic
2nd a part of the Stone Age starting about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting till the stop
of the closing ice age about 8,500 years BC
neolithic
modern a part of the Stone Age beginning approximately 10,000 BC inside the middle east
(however later someplace else)
bronze age
(archeology) a length between the Stone and Iron ages, characterized by way of the
manufacture and use of bronze equipment and guns
sumer
A institution of historical town-states in southern Mesopotamia; the earliest civilization in
Mesopotamia.
Gilgamesh
the epic story of the king, Gilgamesh, who looked for immortality. This is a Sumerian legend and
is assumed to be the primary story
cuneiform
an historic wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
sexagesimal
Is a numeral device the human beings of Sumer used that has a numeral base of 60
Akkadians
this civilization blanketed Semitic human beings dwelling north of Sumeria; united city-states of
Mesopotamia; first empire in records; hooked up by using Sargon the Great
, Ur
A town of ancient Sumer in southern Mesopotamia on a domain in present-day southeast Iraq.
One of the oldest towns in Mesopotamia, it turned into an important middle of Sumerian tradition
after c. 3000 B.C. And the birthplace of Abraham.
Amorites
the Sumerian civilization fell to this civilization
Hittites
Groups like the ______ in Anatolia gained control over iron weapons and had been capable of
subjugate their less powerful buddies.
Kassites
a member of an historic folks who dominated Babylonia between 1520 and 1170 BC
Egyptians
we are the those who built top notch pyramids and were dominated with the aid of monarchs
called pharaohs
Giza
An ancient town capital of Upper Egypt; website online of the Great Pyramids
Hyksos
The people who invaded Egypt hence beginning the second Intermediate duration during which
the ______ ( a word that means "foreigner) dominated as pharaohs in Lower Egypt and exacted
tribute from the royal families in Thebes.
Ra
historic hawk-headed Egyptian sun god
Akhenaton
early ruler of Egypt who rejected the antique gods and changed them with solar worship (died in
1358 BC)
Hieroglyphics
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