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"southern ape-men" first to use stone tools and walk

Australopithecines

"handy human" brains 50% larger than Australopithecines

Homo habilis

"up right humans" 1.5 million years ago/first incarnation human to move

Homo erectus

"wise human" 250,000 years ago/began to spread outside of africa 70,000 years ago

Homo sapien

Used stone tools and buried their dead/ wiped out by 30,000 BCE

Neanderthal

Hunted animals and found foods that grew wildly

Paleolithic Hunters and gatherers

Did not cultivate food/ food sources were unpredictable

Paleolithic Hunters and gatherers

Work was evenly distributed between men and women

Paleolithic Hunters and gatherers

10,000-4000 BCE "new stone" Revolution of systematic agriculture

The Neolithic Revolution

Transforming the land, planting/harvesting crops, demonstrating animals for food, fur, and burden

Agriculture

Began to build settlements/ mens work (outside) women's work (inside)

The Neolithic Revolution

Copper+tin= bronze wide spread (3000-1200)

Bronze Age

Agricultural advancements due to "modern" tools made of bronze and weapons

Bronze Age

Before the bronze age/ weapons and tools were starting to be made with iron

Iron Age

Named by the greeks/The fertile crescent is an area between the eastern mediterranean and the Persian Gulf

Mesopotamia

The land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq

Mesopotamia

(stepped towers related to gods) were a Sumerian hallmark , and began to appear in multiple cities in the region

Ziggurats

Led his Akkadian people to dominate most of Mesopotamia

Sargon warlord

Regarded as Western Civilization's first empire (c.2340-2150 BCE) a multi-ethnic group under one military ruler

Sargon

Sargon enforced the worship of the war deity _______ across his territory

Marduk

Following the collapse of Akkadians in 2150 BCE, independent city states returned to Mesopotamia until the rise of ___

Third dynasty/was the last authentic Sumerian culture

Another warlord who re-established imperial control over Mesopotamia from his capital, Babylon (1792-50), largely by manipulating cities against each other

Hammurabi

A set of laws posted throughout the Babylon empire, was the ruler's greatest legacy

The code of Hammurabi

Comprised of legal guidelines from everything from property rights to family formation

The code of Hammurabi

Name of jewish book of sacred scripture

Hebrew bible

Jewish religious leader

Rabbis

Most of the population was taken as____ to Babylon

Slaves

Israel allied with ____ states against the Assyrian Empire. It was destroyed by 8th BCE

Syrian

During and after the babylon captivity, _______ writing became the core of the Hebrew Bible

Rabbinical

David established ____ as a Hebrew capital. was the "promised land" of Canaan

Israel

Began in northern Mesopotamian region/expanded to control the nile

The Assyrian Empire

First large scale iron weapon-wielding army/ unpopular to their subject

Assyrian Empire

Conquered the Assyrian successors /Cyrus the great/built Persia to touch 3 continents

The Persian Empire

Liberated the Jews from the Babylon captivity

The Persian Empire

Divided in 20 providences called satrapies (ruled by sataps)

The Persian Empire

Persians practice _____

Zoroastrainism

The early dynastic period introduced _______

Hieroglyphics

First pyramids and pharaohs were in what kingdom

Old kingdom

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