Week 1 & 2
The name of the land between the Tigris and Euphrates are the rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
This great structure was built for Pharaoh Khufu and still stands today.
The Great Pyramid
A solemn agreement, an “everlasting pact” between two or more people and God.
Covenant
The first king of Israel, appointed by Samuel
Saul
This empire captured all of Israel and destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple and forced the Israelites into exile.
Babylon
A solid, layered stone building (in the shape of a pyramid) that was built for worship.
Ziggurat?
This is an ancient tool for moving water to irrigate fields.
A Shaduf
God gave this to Moses on Mt. Sinai after he led the people out of Egypt.
10 Commandments
The 3rd king of Israel, known for his wisdom and who built the Temple in Jerusalem
Solomon
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was this in Babylon
Hanging Gardens
A legal code, counting time as 60 seconds to a minute, a circle being 360 degrees, are inventions by this ancient civilization.
Sumerian
The name of the Pharaoh who tried to change the Egyptian polytheism (worship of many gods) to monotheism (worship of one god)?
Amenhotep IV or Akenaten
Israel has this many tribes.
12
This ruthless and cruel civilization conquered Israel except for Jerusalem.
Assyria
The 4 major Prophets
Daniel, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Isaiah
Considered the first civilization.
Sumerian
This river allowed Egypt to have such a fertile valley.
Nile
The name of the Promised Land that God gave to the Israelites.
Canaan
The Kingdom of Judah (Jerusalem) was the only one that remained in Palestine while the other tribes/kingdoms of Israel were conquered. However, Judah was forced to pay a tribute to remain free. A tribute is this:
Money paid by one nation to another in return for peace or protection.
This empire conquered Babylon (and the rest of Mesopotamia and Egypt) and ended the Jewish exile.
Persia
These are the 7 Continents.
North America, South America, Antarctica, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia
The name of the complicated Egyptian writing in pictures.
Hieroglyphs
The great military leader who led the Israelites into the Promised Land
Joshua
The greatest King of Israel, who set up Jerusalem as his capital
David
This is the worship of ONE God.
Monotheism