Mesopotamia
Egypt
Jewish History
Primary readings
Miscellaneous
100
Ziggurat
What is the name of the Mesopotamian structure built to symbolize a mountain with a temple located at the top?
100
Akhenaton
Who is the Egyptian Pharaoh that rebuked the old ways and set up a monotheistic religion in Egypt?
100
Moses
Who is the prophet that received the 10 commandments?
100
To serve the gods
In Mesopotamian mythology, what is the purpose of Man?
100
Solomon
Who is considered to be the King of the Golden age of Israel - also responsible for the first temple to God?
200
Cuneiform
What is the first writing to appear in Mesopotamia in the form of wedge shaped marked created with a stylus?
200
Rosetta Stone
What is a treaty that contains three different written scripts: Greek, Hieroglyphics, and cursive Egyptian?
200
Canaan
What is another name for the Promise Land (ancient - not modern day)?
200
The creation of earth by God
What does Genesis explain?
200
Utnapashtim
Who is the man granted immortality by the mesopotamian gods for following their directions?
300
Marduk
Who is the Mesopotamian God of the Sky and Weather that is credited in the Enuma Elish with creating the earth and calendars?
300
Isis
Who is the maternal Goddess of Egypt that bore Horus and protects Egypt?
300
Pharisees
What is the name of the Jewish group responsible for explaining the Torah?
300
Covenant
What is the agreement made between the Israelites and God: if they follow the 10 commandments then God will grant them fruitfulness and the Promise Land?
300
Synagogue
What is the meeting place of the Jewish culture?
400
Shamesh
Who is the god depicted at the top of the Law Code of Hammurabi handing over the ruler and scepter to Hammurabi as a sign of his right to rule and decree laws?
400
Ma'at
What is the name of the deity associated with social justice, whose name means justice?
400
Mishnah
What is the name of the collection of Jewish works meant to be used as a legal and religious guide?
400
What are the five things that Marduk accomplishes in the Enuma Elish?
1. defeats Tiamat, makes sky and earth 2. Creates Calendar 3. Organizes Planets and Stars 4. Regulates Sun and Moon 5. Regulates Weather
400
Book of the Dead
What is the papyrus that held the Ka of the poorer population in Egypt?
500
Sunni
What is the majority sect of Islam?
500
Ka
What is the Egyptian soul that must be housed somewhere after death?
500
Torah
What is the Jewish book of Faith comprising the first five books of the Old testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, numbers, and Deuteronomy.
500
Bleakness, Cave, and Sand
What is the nature of the mesopotamian afterlife?
500
The 6 concepts of Judaism
What are 1.God intervened in our history 2. God created a covenant with Noah, Abraham, and Moses 3. God is one 4. Torah states we are made in his image 5. Know thy God: Study the ways of the Torah 6. belief in the Messiah
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