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46 Cards in this Set
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Greek word for "between two rivers" |
Mesopotamia |
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another name for the Ten Commandments |
Decalogue |
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government ruled by God |
theocracy |
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One of the three great patriarchs of Israel was _____. |
Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob |
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human worship, making man inro a god |
humanism |
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The sea-trading _____ helped transmit the alphabet wherever they went. |
Phoenicians |
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The ____ established the world's first postal system. |
Persians |
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____ was perhaps the greatest nation around the year 1000 B.C. |
Israel |
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the founding fathers of Israel |
patriarchs |
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the biblical name for Sumer |
Shinar |
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The inhabitants if Asia Minor, the ____ were the first to use iron extensively. |
Hittites |
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Samuel ____ was called the "Apostle to Islam." |
Zwemer |
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The Bible states that the earth was divided during the days of ____, whose name means "divided." |
Peleg |
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symbols used to express ideas |
ideograms |
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capital of the Eastern Roman Empire
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Byzantium
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The Persian ruler _____ was called by God "my shepherd" and "my anointed." |
Cyrus |
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____ were huge temples built by the ancient Sumerians. |
Ziggurats |
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Civil government began ____ the Deluge. |
after |
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destroyed Jerusalem and carried away its inhabitants |
Nebuchadnezzar |
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developed the world's most ancient law code |
Ur-Nammu |
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What was the greatest achievement of the Old Babylonian Empire? |
government or law |
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Which king expanded Israel's boundaries and moved the capital to Jerusalem? |
David |
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began the Neo-Babylonian Empire |
Nabopolassar |
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Name the two important rivers that make up the Fertile Crescent. |
Tigris and Euphrates |
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What is the world's oldest work of literature outside the Bible? |
Epic of Gilgamesh |
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Name the foundational civil ordinance. |
capital punishment |
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called Ahasuerus in the Bible |
Xerxes |
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What was the Sumerian writing called? |
Cuneiform |
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What is the false belief that heavenly bodies influence the affairs of men? |
astrology |
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What country was the main highway of the ancient world? |
Canaan |
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Who founded the Muslim religion? |
Mohammed |
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established the Old Babylonian Empire |
Hammurabi |
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led the building of the tower of Babel |
Nimrod |
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Conquered the Medes and established the Persian Empire |
Cyrus |
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What empire's fall marks the end of the Ancient period of history? |
Rome |
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What is considered the first true alphabet? |
Sinai script |
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Which Assyrian king built the world's first great library? |
Ashurbanipal |
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Who conquered the Southern Kingdom of Israel? |
Babylonians |
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What is the focal point of all history? |
the advent of Christ |
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"Postdiluvian" refers to things that happened after the ____. |
Flood |
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Where did Henry Martyn do a pioneer missionary work? |
Persia |
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In what period of the Hebrew language was the Old Testament written? |
Classical |
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Which Akkadian ruler conquered Sumer? |
Sargon |
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The Sumerians wrote on ____. |
clay |
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The world's first civilization was developed by the _____ |
Sumerians |
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ESSAY: Describe the development of writing, including at least three cultures that were instrumental in its development. Explain why writing is so important to civilization. |
Sumerians developed writing called cuneiform and preserved many written records. The Hebrews developed Sinai script as their writing and the Phoenicians developed a 22- consonant alphabet. Writing is so important to us because without it we wouldn't have any written record preserving history, traditions of people, or literature. If it weren't for others developing a form of writing we would have a Bible to read. |
