Topics 1 & 2 Test

By Daiten Schmidt
  • 10,000 BCE

    Discovery of Agriculture

    Humans discovered agriculture which is the deliberate cultivation of edible plants.
  • 8000 BCE

    First Large Settlements

    The food surplus lead to the first large settlements like Jericho in Palestine.
  • 5000 BCE

    The Metal Plow

    The metal plow allowed them to open areas to cultivation that wouldn't normally be used because they were too rocky or the soil too hard.
  • 3000 BCE

    Urban Society

    Mesopotamia was the first urban society where many cities managed the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
  • 2500 BCE

    Mathematics

    The Sumerians, who established the first civilization in Mesopotamia, were the ones to first use mathematics.
  • 2340 BCE

    Conquering and Uniting

    The first time a single military managed to conquer and unite many of the Mesopotamian cities. He was Sargon the Great.
  • 1780 BCE

    Systems of Law

    The most substantial code was the Hammurabi's law which went into detail about the rights and obligations of the Babylonians.
  • 1479 BCE

    Only Women Pharaoh

    The only female known female pharaoh, Hatshepsut.
  • 1100 BCE

    Iron Age Begins

    The Iron Age beings as the Bronze Age comes to an end. Iron made for stronger tools.
  • 300 BCE

    Recording History

    An Egyptian Priest, Manetho, recorded the definitive history of the ancient kings and created the notion old, middle, and new kingdoms.
  • 1 CE

    Test Question

    The beginning of the development of civilization starts with agriculture. It allowed them to produce a more stable food source. Then came mathematics, this helped the cities in Mesopotamia to manage the rivers. Another big discovery is the Bronze Age, where they were able to make stronger weapons to aid them in war and stronger tools like the plow to make agriculture more effective.