Early Civilization

Civilization is

• an organized society

• A restaurant

• A park

• A neighborhood

Mesopotamia means

• A land between 2 rivers

• A land locked with land

Who established the first civilization?

• Akkadians

• Sumerians

• Babylonians

Cuneiform: The world’s first form of writing; Developed by the Sumerians

• True

• False

Hammurabi: King of Babylon who created a a new dance for everyone to see

• True

• False

Mesopotamia is often called the Cradle of

Civilization.

• True

• False

In the Neolithic era, how did stone tools change?

What was at the center of early civilizations?

• churches

• farms

• cities

Early civilizations were unified by

• kings

• religion

• water

Writing emerged in many early civilizations as a way to keep records and better manage complex institutions

• True

• False