other important information to know for the quiz....
- 200,000 years ago the first human species emerged in southwestern Africa
- "Epic of Gilgamesh"- told of a great flood. Worlds first surviving epic
- Hammurabi's code- created a set of laws
- earliest Egyptian writing is known as hieroglyphics
- Papyrus- paper
- wheel and plow
Prehistory- a period of time before written records
Paleolithic Age- (Old Stone Age)
Neolithic Age- (New Stone Age) advanced tool making and
agriculture
Agriculture Revolution- also known as Neolithic Revolution,
more permanent settlements, beginning in Southwestern Asia.
Cuneiform- Sumerians invented the earliest form of writing
known as cuneiform
Ziggurat- a Sumerian temple built on top of a mountain
Indo-Europeans- people from the grasslands of the Russian
steepe who introduced the horse to the near east.
polytheism- studying more than one God
hieirchers appeared in the village life
- hitties were one of the groups
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