Terms
The way of life for a group of people
Culture
Tigris means....
Arrow
The greatest gift of the Nile River for the Egyptians
Fertile Soil
The greatest turning point in history
The birth of Christ
What group of people invented the wheel?
Sumerians
The scattering of people
dispersion
Euphrates means...
That makes fruitful
The three divisions of Egypt's ancient history are referred to as:
Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom
Because man was made in the image of God, what did man's special characteristics allow for?
Fellowship with God
Created first set of laws
Wedge shaped writing
Cuneiform
What type of religion did the Sumerians practice?
Polytheism
Under which pharaoh did the Egyptian Empire reach its greatest extent?
Thutmose III
Who led in the building of the tower of Babel
Nimrod
The Sumerian's greatest accomplishment
Writing (cuneiform)
Bureaucracy
Who was chosen by God to be the father of the Nation of Israel
Abraham
From whom did the Egyptians descend
Miriam
After the Flood, where did Noah and his family settle?
Shinar
The study of relics and ruins of ancient cultures is called...
Archaeology
A group of people living in its own land with its own government
Nation-state
The land that God promised to Israel, that was the center of the ancient world.
Canaan
Female pharaoh in Egypt
Hatshepsut
The Patriarchs of Israel
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
The process used by the Egyptians to preserve bodies
Mummification