a group of many different lands under one ruler

one of the oldest known cities

building dams, channels, walls and ditches to bring water to crops

record keepers who often went on the become government officials

Historians call the early period of human history the_____

traces of plants or animals preserved in rock

Assyrian Empire's Capital and site of on of the world's first libraries.

first large army to use iron weapons

people who regularly move from place to place

grand temple with a shrine at the top, like a giant square wedding cake.

Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth or pottery are called

A Chaldean king who wrote a legal code tht covered most areas of daily life.

People who study and write about the human past are called _____

the Sumerian writing system was called

A mixture of copper and tin is called

Times of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered parts of the earth were the

A group of traveling merchants and pack animals were called a

_____ study artifacts and fossils to help them understand the past.

The _____ rebelled against the Assyrians.

The first kings were probably ____

Which of these are Sumerian inventions

Taming an animal or plant for use by humans is called

_____ helped ideas spread around the world

These people built a great army to protect their lands from invasion.

the first civilizations arose_________because the conditions for farming were good

What revolutionary change took place during the Neolithic Age?