Unit 1
a happy accident
What is serendipitious?
unlike most religions at that time Jews were...
What is monotheists?
fall of Judah caused by Neo-Babylonia
What is 586 B.C.?
Egyptians were obsessed with this
What is death?
name of famous road built by Persians
What is the Royal Road?
government ruled by priests
What is theocracy?
dominant trade force, known as walmart of ancient world
What is Phoenicia?
fall of Israel caused by Neo-Assyria
What is 722 B.C.?
a swampy section of Nile that preserved lots of things
What is the Fayum?
huge, almost undefeatable standing army of Persians
What is the Immortals?
father of archeology
What (or who) is Heinrich Schliemann?
history starts with this
What is "written records"?
the Nile was source of...
What is life, defense, and commerce?
the religion of the Persians
What is zoroastrianism?
these are the two things Assyria was known for
What is size and brutality?
the three time periods of world history
What is ancient, medieval, and modern?
the four things Israel was defined by
EXTRA 100 POINTS-who were these things established by?
What is land, king, temple, and law?
What is GOD!!
What is the Hittites?
mysteriously caused the fall of the Hittites
What are the Sea Peoples?
order of empires (starting with Sumer...)
What is Sumer, Akkad, Old Babylon, Neo-Assyria, Neo-Babylon?
definition of PAID
What is precise, accurate, illustrated, detailed?
the three verses that Hyde says are most important in all the OT
What is Genesis 3:15, Genesis 12:3, and Genesis 15:6?
the three kingdoms and what they were famous for
What is Old Kingdom-monuments, Middle Kingdom-a hot mess, New Kingdom-people?
dualism (explain it)
What is the religion where there are two (mostly) equal but opposite forces in life working against each other?