Creation to Moses
King Nimrod lead all the people of the world to join and build this as a monument to themselves. Instead, God confused their languages and scattered them across the world.
What is the Tower of Babel?
He was the judge who anointed Saul king at God's command.
Who is Samuel?
He saw the writing on the wall and knew he would die that night.
Who was Belshazzar?
They used wedge shapes to form what is called cuneiform and built a great ziggurat in their city of Ur.
Who were the Sumerians?
She captured the love of two great Roman leaders and nearly ruled the known world.
Who was Cleopatra?
He had a code written for the people of Babylon, one of the earliest known recorded law books.
Who was Hammurabi?
He was fed by ravens as he fled King Ahab's evil wife, Jezebel.
Who is Elijah?
He was a Medo-Persian (Persian) king who restored the Israelites to their homeland after their captivity.
Who was Cyrus?
They were known for their sailing abilities and boats and used to use murex shells for purple die.
Who were the Phoenicians?
He murdered just about everyone in his own family for the sake of keeping his throne over Palestine.
Who was Herod the Great?
The Minoans, who built the great Palace of Knossos, lived on this island.
What is Crete?
They were two mighty nations who were ruthless and eventually were used to punish Israel and take them into captivity.
Who were the Assyrians and the Babylonnians?
He was a scientist who discovered the principle of displacement and drew up plans for weapons for his country, but was later killed by a soldier.
Who was Archimedes?
They were often ruled by dynasties of which included the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Because of their isolated geography, they kept their culture and rule largely unaffected by outsiders.
Who were the Chinese?
He successfully gained control of the Temple in Jerusalem which had been occupied by Antiochus Epiphanes.
Who was Judas Maccabee?
He built the first pyramids in Egypt.
Who is Khufu or Cheops?
They lived in North America and left behind many hills that later Americans would wonder about.
Who were the Mound Builders?
Pheidippides died shortly after carrying the message to Athens after this battle which is know today in races across the world.
What was the Battle of Marathon?
They were nomadic (travelling) warriors who were experts on their horses and lived in yurts in areas that are now known as Siberia.
Who are the Scythian's?
He was a Chinese sage called Kung Fu-tzu who taught that virtues of courtesy, diligence and kindness could shape the nation.
Who was Confucius?
They were the earliest musicians and came from Cain's line. One of the names reminds us of a jubilee.
Who were Jubal and Tubal-Cain?
They were two city-states in Greece that often fought in battle with each other.
Who were Athens and Sparta?
He was an intelligent Greek mathematician whose theorem is still used today (a squared plus b squared equals c squared).
Who was Pythagoras?
They lived south of Egypt and thrived there quite well until war ended their great kingdom.
Who were the Cushites, Kushites, or Nubians?
He was known as the weeping prophet.
Who was Jeremiah?