Locations
These 2 cities are located along the Mediterranean Sea...
Samaria and Jerusalem
The scientific study of the stars is called astrology.
False
The Akkadian Empire was established by _________
Sargon I
Used by God to punish His disobedient people
Assyrians
Given by God to Moses
Mosaic law
This city is North of the Tigris, and is where Jonah went to preach to the people.
Nineveh
The Mesopotamians were the first to recognize the concept of zero.
True
_____ wrote a letter after God humbled him.
Nebuchadnezzar
A pyramid-like temple
Ziggurat
Considered by Mesopotamians to be God's highest representative on earth
King
What river is the Southern border of Mesopotamia?
Euphrates River
God revealed the historically accurate account of the Flood to Moses.
True
Babylon was the ___ of the Chaldean Empire.
capital
Boys studied in Sumerian schools to become this
Scribes
What Sumerian schools were known as
tablet-houses
What river is the Northern border of Mesopotamia?
Tigris River
The Epic of Gilgamesh tells how Utnapishtim built a house.
False
God judged the people of Nineveh when they returned to their ____ ways.
evil/wicked
Standard of Ur
Jonah preached to people here to turn from their evil ways
Nineveh
What sea is located south of Israel?
The Red Sea
Writings about Sumerian gods and military victories
Epics
(2 blanks) The ____ were descendants of Heth and excelled in the production of ______
Hitties and iron
The worship of many gods
polytheism
Wrote laws with no religious sections
Hammurabi