World Civ Exam 1 Questions And Answers (Verified And Updated)

World Civ Exam 1 Questions And Answers (Verified And Updated) Neolithic - answera period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,200 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world and ending between 4,500 and 2,000 BC. Mesopotamia - answerthe area of the Tigris-Euphrates river system, in modern days roughly corresponding to most of Iraq plus Kuwait, the eastern parts of Syria, and regions along the Turkish-Syrian and Iran-Iraq borders. The Fertile Crescent - answerfrom the Persian Gulf, through modern-day southern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and northern Egypt. Cuneiform - answerthe wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets Ziggurat - answera rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. Sumer - answerwas the first urban civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia, modern-day southern Iraq, during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze ages, and arguably the first civilization in the world with Ancient Egypt, Living along the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates, first permanently settled between c. 5500 and 4000 BC Sargon - answerthe first ruler of the Semitic-speaking Akkadian Empire, known for his conquests of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th to 23rd centuries BC. Hammurabi's Code - answerBabylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia, dating back to about 1754 BC. It is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world Hittites - answerAncient Anatolian people who established an empire centered on Hattusa in north-central Anatolia around 1600 BCE. Assyrians - answermajor Mesopotamian East Semitic-speaking kingdom and empire of the ancient Near East, existed as an independent state from perhaps as early as the 25th century BC,[1] until its collapse between 612 BC and 599 BC Yellow River - answerThird longest river in Asia (on top) Yangzi River - answerLongest river in Asia (bottom)