MESOPOTAMIA 101
THE TOWER OF BABEL & THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
ASSYRIA
BABYLONIA
CLASH OF THE CAVEMEN?
100
What are the two rivers that Mesopotamia is located between?
The Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
100
Mesopotamia was in what modern day country?
What is Iraq?
100
How many time periods do historians divide the nation of Assyria into?
What is three?
100
What country was Babylonia's greatest enemy?
What is Assyria?
100
What was the name of the people who were "almost human?"
What is Neanderthals?
200
Mesopotamia was known as "The land between the rivers." The land here was good for doing what?
What is farming
200
What did God do to stop the Mesopotamians from building the Tower of Babel?
What is confuse their languages?
200
Assyria's main enemy in ancient times was what country?
What is Babylonia?
200
Who was the first King of the Neo-Babylonian Empire?
What is Nabopolassar?
200
The first modern humans were called what?
What is Cro-Magnons?
300
Round objects invented by the Mesopotamians to move heavy objects.
What is the wheel?
300
The Tower of Babel was a step pyramid like structure with zigzag steps; what is this called?
What is a ziggurat?
300
This city in Assyria is where the Bible says the Prophet Abraham was from?
What is Ur?
300
When Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem in 597 BC, the people of Jerusalem killed their King and threw his body over the wall in an attempt to appease the babylonians; who was this King that they killed?
What is Jehoiakim?
300
What continent did "Clash of the Cavemen" occur on?
What is Europe?
400
The Mesopotamians invented what we call today the horoscope (Leo,Aries,Taurus); what did they call it?
What is the Zodiac?
400
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were most likely built by this Babylonian king?
What is Nebuchadnezzar?
400
What is the city in Assyria that is God sent the prophet Jonah to preach at?
What is Nineveh?
400
What group of people did the Babylonians keep in captivity for almost 50 years?
What is the Jews?
400
What happened in 28000 BC?
What is The Last Ice Age?
500
What shape did the Mesopotamians believe the world was in?
What is flat?
500
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were called one of the WHAT of the Ancient World?
What is "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World"?
500
The Assyrians controlled the very important trade route to and from where?
What is Anatolia?
500
What country finally conquered Babylonia after Nebuchadnezzar died?
What is Persia?
500
What great advantage did the Cro-Magnons have over the Neanderthals?
What is the human mind or brain?
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