The origins and "ages of human beings"
- 200,000 years ago humans emerged in central Africa
- 14,000 years ago humans became a worldwide species
- Early prehistoric age is the Paleolithic age
- Neolithic age was married by much better tools and agriculture
- Population grew due to food surplus
- Hierarchies appeared in village life
- The woman cared for children
- Men were higher then women
- Invention of wheel+plow make getting food easier
- Syria, Iraq, Iran, Turkey were in fertile crescent
- Jordan wasn't in crescent
- Sumer was the district of land between rivers
- Some towns and cities had 40,000 people
- Population increased due to irrigation
- Sumerians invented a form of writing- cuneiform
A mess o' Mesopotamia
- wandering nomads drove herds of domesticated animals
- Sumer was conquered by the Akkadians c. 2350 B.C.
- King Hammurabi of Babylon created a series of laws know as "Hammurabi's Code"
- They owned slaves
Fertile Crescent- a region that is curved in shape and he's rich farmland
Mesopotamia- land between two rivers
City-State- a Sumerian city, functions like a small country
Dynasty- a series of rulers from the same family
Cultural diffusion- spread of a new idea or product from one culture to another
Polytheism- belief in more than one god
Mesopotamia- land between two rivers
City-State- a Sumerian city, functions like a small country
Dynasty- a series of rulers from the same family
Cultural diffusion- spread of a new idea or product from one culture to another
Polytheism- belief in more than one god
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