Agrarian–Urban Centers of the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean, 11,500–600 BCE

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. The Younger Dryas caused the _____________ to return to a fully migratory life of foraging.

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. The Neolithic Age is marked by the _____.

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. The first farmers from the Fertile Crescent settled in Mesopotamia, establishing the _________ culture of villages (6000-4000 BCE).

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. The first "assemblies" in Mesopotamian towns were:

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. Nomads were known for their:

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. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a Mesopotamian city-state?

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. The earliest Mesopotamian city-state was:

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. Cuneiform writing was developed around:

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. The first unified territorial state or kingdom in Mesopotamia was:

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. Which of the following is not a characteristic of an empire?

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. Hammurabi was best known for:

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. Which of the following does not describe hieroglyphic writing?

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. "Proto-Indo-Europeans":

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. Horses were first domesticated in:

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. The Bronze Age collapse was probably triggered by:

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. The Iron Age started around:

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. The following was not a major Phoenician city-state:

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. David established an Israelite kingdom after defeating the __________.

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. During the middle of the second millennium BCE, the ______ culture arose in Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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. A system of government in which most or all of the people elect representatives and in some cases decide on important issues themselves, is called a:

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. Among the earliest recorded writings on religious themes is:

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. Among the best-known ancient texts on the applied science of medicine is:

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Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs on walls.


The image depicts hieroglyphs found at Luxor, Egypt. What was this writing system limited to?

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A photo of the Great Pyramid of Giza and Sphinx.


This wall painting depicts King Akhenaten with his family. What change in Egyptian religion happened during his reign?

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A map indicates agriculture was practised in the North of the Arabian Penisula, which covers the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf. Wheat and Barley distribution included the places in the northeast of the Mediterranean Sea, such as Natufians and the ranges of the Tauras and Zagros mountains. The southern limit of rain-fed agriculture stretched from the Levant at the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and ended at the Persian Gulf through the Fertile Crescent. Early farming sites from 9000 to 5000 B C E were in places like Sinai, Jordan, and the Levant. Farming villages from 6000 to 4000 B C E were located between the regions of the Tauras and Zagros mountains.


The map above shows where early farming sites and settlements were located in the Middle East and Mediterranean world. What name is often used for the region where agriculture first developed?

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