The Fertile Crescent
This long Sumerian poem, includes a flood account that is very similar to the one found in scripture.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
This was the Phoenician Capital.
What is Tyre?
The Egyptians developed paper from this plant.
What is Papyrus?
These are the name for the Persian provinces.
What are Satrapies?
This is a belief in Many Gods
What is Polytheism?
Explain in 6-7 sentences why the Nile was important to the Egyptian Civilization.
The Nile united Egypt into one nation. It also functioned as a highway, making communication easier. It provided water and fertile soil for crops and keeping the land from becoming unihabitable.
This means "Belief in One God."
What is Monotheism?
The Phoenicians were hailed as some of the best of these.
What are Merchants?
This was a female ruler of Egypt.
Who was Hatshepsut?
This was the Capital of the Assyrian Empire and the place God sent Jonah to preach.
What is Nineveh?
Chinese Teacher known as, "The Master"
Who was Confucius?
The years that the Jews spent as captives are known as this.
The Tribes of Israel divided over this issue.
This group of people ruled Egypt at the end of the Middle Kingdom. Most people think they enslaved the Hebrew people.
Who were the Hyksos?
The Persians remained in power until the arrival of this conqueror.
Who is Alexander the Great?
The Chinese believed in this in lieu of a normal religion.
What is Ancestor Worship?
The study of Celestial Bodies.
What is Astronomy?
The Chaldean king who saw a finger writing judgement on the wall of the palace.
Who is Belshazzar?
The Egyptians invented this type of calendar.
What is a Solar Calendar?
The new Babylonian Empire reached its height under which ruler.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
This group of people came and invaded the Indus river valley civilization.
Who were the Aryans?
The "Land between Rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
This Geographic feature helped preserve the monuments, documents, and bodies of ancient rulers.
What is the Desert?
This Egyptian period was known as the "Age of the Pharaohs?"
What was the Old Kingdom?
The Persians did this to all the surrounding nations.
What is Conquered?
What are buddhism and hinduism?