EARLY HUMANS VOCABULARY
AD Anno Domini "In the Year of our Lord"
Agricultural RevolutionAnother name for Neolithic Revolution
Anthropologists People that study how humans developed and related to one another
Archaeologists People who hunt for evidence buried in the ground where settlements might once have been
Artifacts Weapons, tools, and other things made by humans
BC Before Christ
BCE Before the Common Era
Bronze Age between 3000BCE-1200BCE; Bronze became widely used for its strength
CE Common Era
Domesticate to tame plants and animals for human use
Fossils traces of plants or animals that have been preserved in rock
Historians People who study and write about the past
Hunter-Gatherers People that hunt for and gather their food
Ice Ages Long periods of extreme cold; Fire was discovered
Neolithic Age or New Stone AgeAfter 8000 bce; Farming is invented
nomads people who move from place to place to find their food
Paleolithic Era or Old Stone AgeThe earliest period of human history; before 8000 BCE
specialization People developing jobs other than farming and hunting; Craftspeople
Technology tools and methods to help humans perform tasks
Villages Groups of people settling in one place because of farming
Artisans skilled workers that made useful products
Babylon City built by Hammurabi
city-state isolated cities that functioned like small countries
Civilization A complex society with cities, government, art, religion, class, and writing
cuneiform First form of writing; uses wedged -shaped symbols
Empire A group of many different lands under one ruler
Epic of Gilgamesh The world's oldest known story; comes from Sumer
Fertile Crescent Area of fertile land in the Middle East
Hammurabi King of Babylonian Empire; famous for his Law Codes
Hammurabi's Code First organized and written code that all could see
Irrigation moving water to grow food
Mesopotamia means "Land between the Rivers"
Sargon King of the Akkadians; first to conquer all of Mesopotamia
scribes Record Keepers; Those that could write
Sumer The earliest-known civilization in the Fertile Crescent
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Rivers that surround Mesopotamia
Ziggurat means "mountain of god"
AD Anno Domini "In the Year of our Lord"
Agricultural RevolutionAnother name for Neolithic Revolution
Anthropologists People that study how humans developed and related to one another
Archaeologists People who hunt for evidence buried in the ground where settlements might once have been
Artifacts Weapons, tools, and other things made by humans
BC Before Christ
BCE Before the Common Era
Bronze Age between 3000BCE-1200BCE; Bronze became widely used for its strength
CE Common Era
Domesticate to tame plants and animals for human use
Fossils traces of plants or animals that have been preserved in rock
Historians People who study and write about the past
Hunter-Gatherers People that hunt for and gather their food
Ice Ages Long periods of extreme cold; Fire was discovered
Neolithic Age or New Stone AgeAfter 8000 bce; Farming is invented
nomads people who move from place to place to find their food
Paleolithic Era or Old Stone AgeThe earliest period of human history; before 8000 BCE
specialization People developing jobs other than farming and hunting; Craftspeople
Technology tools and methods to help humans perform tasks
Villages Groups of people settling in one place because of farming
Artisans skilled workers that made useful products
Babylon City built by Hammurabi
city-state isolated cities that functioned like small countries
Civilization A complex society with cities, government, art, religion, class, and writing
cuneiform First form of writing; uses wedged -shaped symbols
Empire A group of many different lands under one ruler
Epic of Gilgamesh The world's oldest known story; comes from Sumer
Fertile Crescent Area of fertile land in the Middle East
Hammurabi King of Babylonian Empire; famous for his Law Codes
Hammurabi's Code First organized and written code that all could see
Irrigation moving water to grow food
Mesopotamia means "Land between the Rivers"
Sargon King of the Akkadians; first to conquer all of Mesopotamia
scribes Record Keepers; Those that could write
Sumer The earliest-known civilization in the Fertile Crescent
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Rivers that surround Mesopotamia
Ziggurat means "mountain of god"