The Neolithic Era- Terms

The early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used.

Human beings

Concrete object that people create

Living near the most plants/animals suited for domestication

The "New Stone Age", stone tools are still used; sedentary agriculture emerges

The father/eldest male is the head of the family

The domestication/ selective breeding of plants and animals

Ancient farming town in Turkey- continuously inhabited for 2,000 years

The "land between two rivers" - Tigris and Euphrates

Consist of Babylon, Nippur, Lagash, Uruk, Erida and Ur

Unequal division in classes of society

Temples located in the physical culture centers of Mesopotamian cities

A predicted future

When people began using bronze tools (3100-1200 BCE); first civilized age

Conquered the Sumerian City States & forced them into an empire

Fully developed writing form developed by the ancient Samaritians

A comprehensive set of laws of family and commercial law