History Chapter 1

Most of the 2 million-plus years during which our species has existed are described by the term __________ . 

The ending of the __________ was a major factor in the formation of the first farming communities, or the emergence of the Neolithic Revolution. 

The Neolithic village, __________ , has been elaborately studied by archaeologists. 

Most civilizations developed writing, starting with the emergence of __________ in the Middle East around 3500 B.C.E. 

It was under the Babylonian rule that King __________ introduced the most famous early code of law. 

Egyptian civilization sprang up in northern Africa, along the __________ River. 

By about 1500 B.C.E., a line of kings called the __________ ruled over the Hwanghe river-valley civilization.

A smaller regional culture called the __________ devised a greatly simplified alphabet with 22 letters around 1300 B.C.E.; this in turn was the ancestor of the Greek and Latin alphabets. 

The largest city to develop along the Indus River was __________ .

Beginning in 2700 B.C.E., the Egyptian pharaohs used slave labor to build the __________ .