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4527784958Universe20 billion years old0
4527784959Earth4.5 billion years old1
4527784960Life3.5 billion years old2
45277849611st primate60 million years old3
4527784962Homo Erectus1st true human; one million years old4
4527784963Homo SapiensIntelligent humans; 500,000 years old5
4527784964HomoSapiensSapiens40,000 years old; modern6
4527784965Charles DarwinEvolutionist who wrote on the origin of species which endorsed theory that animals of the overtime this process is called natural selection7
4527784966NeanderthalForm of Homo Sapiens found near Neander, Germany; 100,000-40,000 years ago8
4527784967Cro-MagnonForm of Homo Sapiens Sapiens found in France; Modern Man9
4527784968Piltdown ManFound in 1912 which was supposedly the "Missing Link", but it was found to be a HOAX10
4527784969Louis LeakeyScientist who searched for early man and found Lucy "Australopithecus Boisei" in 195911
45277849702 theories on why man changes from walking on 4 legs to 2 legsNeeded to stand in tall grass to see prey and predator and freed front legs for other activities such as making tools and weapons12
4527784971Paleolithic ageOld Stone Age 2,000,000 BC - 10,000 BC Where man made tools and weapons, controlled fire, built branch shelters, used needles to sew clothing from skins, and hunter in groups13
4527784972Prehistoric artPortable art like venuses (small female statuettes) and tool etchings Stationary art such as cave paintings in Altamira, Spain14
4536002463MesopotamiaPresent day Iraq and means land between 2 rivers15
4536002464Lunar claenderBased on the phases of the moon, it had 28 days in a month, and was used to predict the spring floods16
4536102277AnthropomorphicHaving the ap presence and traits of a human17
4536102278ZigguratLarge terraced pyramids18
4536102279TheocracyGovernment ruled by a religious figure in the Ben of a supreme being19
4536102280CuneiformWedge form of writing originally developed to keep records of prayers and hymns for the priests and to keep record of business transactions20
4536102281Behistun RockPersian king Darius the great had it carved into the side of a mountain in Iraq around 520 BC in order to preserve the translation of cuneiform21
4536102282Royal Cemetery of UrContains the tomb of King Abargi and Queen Shubad (Ur 3000 BC) It was found in 1922 by the English archaeologist Sir Leonard Wolley and contains various artifacts related to ancient Summer22
4536102283Ur-NammuGovernor of Ur, referee to as Ur III, constructed the largest Ziggurat that was dedicated to the moon God Nanna23
4536102284Hammurabi6th king of the Amorite Dynasty, United all city states, and created a new law the Code of Hammurabi24
4536102285Code of Hammurabi1st comprehensive law code of history, and contained 282 harsh laws25
4536102286HittitesCame from Asia Minor, used iron weapons, and held the secret of making iron26
4536102287The army of AssyriaLarge force of Calvary and chariot Troops to give them speed, showed no mercy27
4536102288Vassal StatesControlled by Assyria but run by their own kings as long as they paid tribute to Assyria such as Phoenicia and Syria28
4536102289SennacheribSon of Sargon, he established a new capital at Nineveh, and could never take Jerusalem but captured cities of Judah29
4536102290Prophet IsaiahHe told Hezekiah that if the people remained faithful to God, Jerusalem would not fall30

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