Paleolithic people
Paleolithic People Lived during what time period?
Ice Age
Paleolithic People How did they survive?
Paleolithic People By using fire
Sumerians
What did they believe?
Sumerians believed in Many Gods
What did the Sumerians accomplish?
Sumerians Built grand temples
Sumerians Developed a writing system
Sumerians Built cities
Sumerians Formed governments ruled by Kings
Name some of the Sumerian inventions
sailboat
Plow
Wheel
Sumerian Scribes Learned to write Held high positions
Hammurabi Who was he? A Babylonian king What is he know for? Wrote a code of law called the Code of Hammurabi
King Solomon Who was he? King of the Israelites What did he do? Heavily tax the people to pay for his great buildings
Hernan Cortes Spanish Soldier who Conquered the Aztecs by using Guns, horses, and an epidemic (a disease that spreads)
Pachacuti Incan king What type of government did he create? a strong central government
Ice Age How would you describe it?
Ice Age A period of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered the earth
Neolithic Age What is another name for it? New Stone Age What marked its beginning?
Neolithic Age People started farming
Tigris River/Euphrates River Why do we call it the cradle of civilization? Believed to be the location of the first known cities
Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
Why did people settle along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Conditions were good for farming Soil was rich due to flooding Climate was hot and dry
Mesopotamia What does it mean? The land between two rivers.
Book of the Dead What was it? Collection of spells and prayers Why was it studied? Studied by Egyptians to obtain life after death
Nile River Describe it? The longest river in the world How did the Egyptians take advantage of the floods? They became successful farmers Why? Flooding fertilized the soil
Torah What is it? The Hebrew Holy Book
Mayan Civilization Where was in located? In a dense forest Describe the people? Warlike; warriors Why did it decline? Conquered by the Spanish explorers
Native Americans What was the major cause of death for Native Americans? Measles and Smallpox
Mound Builders
Where were they located? Between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico
Mound Builders What did they do? Built huge mounds made of earth Who were they? Hunters and gatherers