People
considered by Mesopotamians to be God's highest representative on earth
a king
what Sumerian schools were known as
tablet-houses
writing about Sumerian gods and military victories
epics
Scientific study of the stars
astronomy
boys studied in Sumerian schools to become this
scribes
wrote a letter after God humbled him
Nebuchadnezzar
a pyramid-like temple
ziggurat
a wooden box discovered by Sir Leonard Woolley
Standard of Ur
the two rivers in Mesotpotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
the worship of many gods
polytheism
Hittites
Jonah preached to people here to turn from their evil ways
Nineveh
given by God to Moses
Mosaic law
to whom God revealed the historically accurate account of the Flood
Moses
archeologist who discovered many artifacts from Mesopotamia
Sir Leonard Woolley
established the Akkadian Empire
Sargon I
the capital of the Chaldean Empire
Babylon
what the Hittites excelled in producing
iron
Name 3 beliefs of biblical truth
There is only one God
God is perfect
Work is a blessing
used by God to punish His disobedient people
Assyrians
wrote laws with no religious sections
Hammurabi
word that describe the lifestyle the people of Nineveh returned to that God judged
evil or wicked
tells how Utnapishtim built an ark
Epic of Gilgamesh
Name 3 beliefs of Mesopotamian religious beliefs
Many gods
The gods were not morally perfect
People created gods in their own image
Mesopotamians were the first to recognize this numerical concept
zero