Summary Western Civilization I (Chapters 1-4)

Western Civilization I (Chapters 1-4) Prehistory human history in the period before recorded events known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research Paleolithic Age the period of human history when humans used simple stone tools (c. 2,500,000-10,000 b.c.) Neolithic Age latest part of the stone-age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle-east (but later elsewhere) Civilization an advanced level of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached Agricultural (Neolithic) Revolution the shift from hunting and gathering to planting and growing Bronze Age between the Stone Age and the Iron Age, characterized by the use of weapons and implements made of bronze Mesopotamia an ancient region in west Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, now part of Iraq Tigris and Euphrates Rivers The land between these two rivers contained the early civilizations of Mesopotamia Ziggurat a massive stepped tower upon which a temple dedicated to the chief god or goddess of a Sumerian city was built