REED 221 Lesson 2

It was the first ancient empire of Mesopotamia.

• Akkadians

• Aryans

• Assyrian

• Aztecs

Is the worship of a single, supreme god while not denying the existence or possible existence of other lower deities.

• Monism

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Henotheism

Is the final division of the Stone Age, with a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts of the world.

• Paleolithic

• Neolithic Revolution

• Ice Age

• Bronze Age

Is a period in human prehistory distinguished by the original development of stone tools that covers c. 99% of the period of human technological prehistory.

• Paleolithic

• Neolithic Revolution

• Ice Age

• Bronze Age

Is the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia, emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.

• Akkadians

• Babylonians

• Sumerians

• Olmecs

They were the first major civilization in Mexico. Appearing around 1600 BCE, they were among the first Mesoamerican complex societies, and their culture influenced many later civilizations.

• Olmecs

• Mayans

• Aztecs

• Sumerians