History 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2
Antiquity
Time period in history during which people invented writing and the first civilisation arose
Mesopotamia
Fertile area in the Middle east between 2 rivers
Agriculture surplus
When farmers produce more food than they can eat
Irrigation
Artificial way to spread water across Farmland to make it fertile
Specialise
When someone becomes very good at one thing
Craftsman
Someone who makes products with his hands and tools
Bartering
Exchange goods or services directly for other goods or services
Markets
Places where people come to barter their products
Agricultural-urban society
Society in which the majority of people live as farmers, while the minority live in cities
Culture
Things people think and do, such as religion, traditions, art, clothes, language
Civilisation
Highly developed society
Pharaoh
The king of ancient Egypt
Rosetta stone
Tablet which was used to decipher Egyptian writing
Cuneiform
Sumerian way of writing with symbols and lines
Gilgamesh
Legendary king of Uruk, whose adventures are written down in an epic
Hieroglyphs
Egyptian form of writing in which drawings are used instead of letters
Civil servant
Someone who workes for the government
Papyrus
Plant, the stems of which were used to write on
Scribe
Someone who writes as his job
Cave Paintings
Paintings made in caves by prehistoric humans
Prehistory
Time in history before people could read and write