Definitions
What do archaeologists do?
people who dig up and study the remains of ancient civilizations
What place did history/beginning of the world begin?
Garden of Eden
the only completely accurate record of ancient history is
the Bible
What is irrigation?
the supplying of land with water
a river whose name means "arrow"
Tigris
the teachers in Sumerian schools were called
Priests
What are pictographs?
writing that uses pictures to represent what the writer is saying
the land "between the rivers"
Mesopotamia
Another name for an archaeological excavation is
a dig
What is the tower of Babel?
the structure built by man after the Flood; as a result, God confused their languages
the "Cradle of Civilization"
The Fertile Crescent
a country or people who have developed to a great extent the natural abilities that God has given to man is called
a civilization
What were ziggurats?
tall temples built by the Sumerians
the mountain upon which Noah's ark came to rest
Mt. Ararat
the wedge shaped writing of the Sumerians was called
cuneiform