History Terms 1

The Semitic speaking state that grew up around the city of Akkad north of Sumer, and reached its greatest extent under Sargon of Akkad (2296-2240 B.C.E.). It has been described as the first true empire in world history. It was a flourishing civilization in one of the most fertile areas of the globe, the alluvian plain of Southern Mesopotamia that fed into the later Babylonian Civilization.

A state with politico-military dominion of populations who are culturally and ethnically distinct from the imperial (ruling) ethnic group and its culture.

The study of the history and methodology of the discipline of history.

1. Anything that happened in the past.2. The recording of the past events.3. The study of past events.

The study of ancient diseases and their origins.

Material from, or directly related to, the past. Example: Original eye-witness, extremely close.

The first ruler to unite the peoples of Southern Mesopotamia into a single political unit. He established a strong, centralized state.

Not evidence, but rather commentary on and discussion of evidence.Example: Books, articles, anything written by someone interpreting the primary source. 3rd person.

The study of life used to history's advantage.

The study of the land, weather, and patterns seen in minerals such a geology to history's advantage.

Can be primary, secondary, or tertiary.

Artifacts, objects used in a culture.

Word of mouth, memories.

Developed in Anatolia, south central Turkey. About 6000 Neolithic people lived there, in fortifications of linked rectangular mud-brick buildings. Food was mostly hunted or gathered, but the inhabitants also raised animals and stored surplus grains. The oldest civilization.

Possibly the place where the pig (Sus scrofa) was first domesticated. The wild fauna include wild boar, wild sheep, wild goat and cervids. The Neolithic environment included marshes and swamps near the Bogazcay, open wood, patches of steppe and almond-pistachio forest-steppe to the south.