Vocabulary
A chief servant, or head of the pharaoh's household.
vizier
The queen of Egypt who called herself pharaoh and wore a fake beard.
Hatshepsut
What prophet warned King Zedekiah not to rebel against Nebuchadnezzar because God had given the king great power?
The prophet Jeremiah
The capital of Assyria was great city called Nineveh located along the banks of what river?
The Tigris River
Where was the Ark of the Temple house before this person built a grand temple for it.
A tent, Solomon
A road or path used by merchants to ge their goods from one place to another.
trade routes
A famous relief depicts what Assyrian king grabbing a full-grown lion by the neck and attacking it with a sword?
King Assurbanipal
What people invented the battering ram?
The Assyrians
Tiglath-Pileser hunted from what coast for the first time on a boat and caught a nahiru which is now believed to be a dolphin or small whale?
The Levantine coast.
What is the name of the ziggurat that Nebuchadnezzar had restored?
Etemenanki
When God speaks to mankind directly it is called...
Divine Revelation
This king came from people who were a rugged , mountain dwelling folk who settled in the highlands of Anatolia around 2,000 BC.
King Hattusili
Who were the fathers or patriarchs of the Israelites.
Abraham and his sons
After reuniting with his family and forgiving his brothers, where did Joseph provide his brothers with good land?
Goshen
The famous building constructed by Hatshepsut, which still exists today, is her...
tomb complex
Short stocky people with dark hair and beady little eyes are...
The Hittites
What Ruler did not want to rule through fear but wanted their subjects to like their rule?
Nabopolassar
An important Canaanite tribe that lived by the sea and became merchants were the...
Phoenicians
The strip of land at the far eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea.
The Levant
What is a type of terraced pyramid built by Nebuchadnezzar within the city?
The Hanging Gardens
A manmade tunnel or channel that carries water into a city.
An aqueduct
Which king built the Hanging Gardens for his queen?
King Nebuchadnezzar
Asian invaders who ruled Egypt for several centuries.
The Hyksos
The hilly country between Mesopotamia and Egypt
Canaan
What ruins did Nebuchadnezzar had cleared away?
The old Sumerian temples