Timekeeping Definitions from earlier in the year

Review Definitions

Time: Man-made measurement of past, present, and future.

History: A retelling and interpretation of the past.

Era: A period in/of time

A.D.(Anno Domini – In the year of Our Lord )/C.E.: Time from the birth of Jesus to today.

Fertile: Able to produce life; grow stuff. Life-giving.

Irrigation: Bringing water to land.

B.C./B.C.E.: Before the birth of Jesus.

Nomad: A person that wanders/ follows their food. Homeless.

Mesopotamia: A place that is present-day Iraq. Hammurabi wrote a law code there. One of the first civilizations. “The land between two rivers.”