Mesopotamia
This ancient region was located between two rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
Jesus grew up in this town.
What is Nazareth?
These famous athletic competitions were held every four years at Olympia and honored the Greek god Zeus.
What are the Olympic Games?
This language was spoken by the Romans.
What is Latin?
"Am I my brother's keeper?"
Who is Cain?
The two rivers that Mesopotamia was between.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
This city was the capital of Israel during King David’s reign.
What is Jerusalem?
This famous half-man half-bull monster lived in the Labyrinth in Crete.
What is the Minotaur?
This Roman emperor made Christianity legal in the Roman Empire.
Who is Constantine?
“The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Who is Job?
Abraham originally lived in this Mesopotamian city before God called him.
What is Ur?
Who was the mother of Samuel?
Who is Hannah?
This sea surrounds much of Greece and helped Greeks become skilled sailors and traders.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This Roman general defeated Cleopatra and Mark Antony and later became Rome’s first emperor. He ruled Israel during the time of Jesus.
Who is Augustus Ceasar (Octavian)?
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
Who is Jesus?
This material was used to make tablets for an ancient form of writing called cuneiform in Mesopotamia.
What is clay?
Followers of Jesus were first called Christians in this city.
What is Antioch?
This hero killed the monster Medusa.
Who is Perseus? (hope you've read Percy Jackson...)
This Roman senator and former ally of Caesar helped lead the plot to assassinate him.
Who is Brutus?
"Here am I! Send me."
Who is Isaiah?
This Babylonian king created one of the earliest surviving written law codes, carved into a large stone stele.
Who is Hammurabi?
This Assyrian king conquered the northern kingdom of Israel in 722 BC.
Who is Shalmaneser V (or Sargon II)?
This philosopher taught Alexander the Great and wrote about science, politics, and philosophy.
Who is Aristotle?
This Roman apostle used his citizenship to appeal his case directly to Caesar.
Who is Paul?
“Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
Who is Elisha?