Notes
What was God's one commandment to Adam and Eve?
Do not eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
A.D. and B.C.
After Death (Anno Domini) and Before Christ
What was the time period of ancient history?
4000 B.C. - 500 A.D.
nation
a large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a single entity
Noah's 3 sons
1. Shem
2. Ham
3. Japheth
evolution
a fabled process of progressive change dependent on chance and time
500 A.D. - 1500 A.D.
race
mankind that divides into several large groups
what is the focal point of history
incarnation, birth, life, death, resurrection, ascension
deluge
after the flood
What is the time period of modern history?
1500 A.D. - present
postdiluvian
Post Flood
historians divided time into what 3 eras?
1. ancient history
2. medieval history
3. modern history
Capital punishment
death penalty for murder
What was the time period of the flood?
2300 B.C.
Plain of Shinar
where Noah's ark had come to rest
what are man's special characteristics?
1. language and thought
2. awareness of difference between right and wrong
3. freedom to make choices
Humanism
the worship of man
what major event happened in 1500 A.D.
the start of the protestant reformation
Indo-European
The Japhetic peoples common language