Old Babylon-Kassites
The 6th Amorite king of Babylon that instituted one of the first comprehensive law codes.
Who is Hammurabi?
An annual payment given to a ruler by a vassal.
What is tribute?
The King that united the Persians and the Medes into the Persian Empire. Defeated his grandfather Astyages and conquered Babylon without a fight.
Who is Cyrus?
Belief in only one god.
The name of the journey of the Israelites when they were led out of the land of Egypt and freed from slavery.
What is the Exodus?
The group of people that sacked Babylon and ended the Amorite dynasty. Their king at the time was Mursili I.
Who are the Hittites?
Machines and tools meant to overcome a city's wall.
What are siege weapons?
The king who conquered Egypt and killed the Apis Bull which was sacred to the Egyptians. Stabbed himself later and died of infection.
Who is Cambyses?
A society in which the eldest male relative is the head of a household.
What is a patriarchal society?
The event that convinced Pharaoh to finally let the Israelites go.
What is the death of the firstborn?
The longest ruling dynasty in Babylon. This group of people integrated with the Babylonians.
Who are the Kassites?
The group of people who used cruelty, siege weapons, and tribute to control and rule their empire.
Who are the Assyrians?
The king who created the satrapy system to collect taxes more efficiently and helped make Persia a rich empire. Lost at the battle of Marathon against the Greeks.
Who is Darius?
What is the Covenant?
Names of three of the 10 plagues that afflicted Egypt. (Name all 10 for double the points)
What are Water being turned into blood. Frogs. Gnats. Flies. Death of Livestock. Boils on skin. Locusts. Fiery Hail. Darkness. Death of the firstborn.
This group of people came from the Syrian desert took over Babylon when it was a small town. They were mercenaries before taking over.
Who are the Amorites?
The capital of the Assyrian Empire that was destroyed in 612 BCE by Babylonians and the Medes.
What is Nineveh?
The name given to a Persian governor who helped collect taxes and run a province.
What is a satrap?
The names of the two kingdoms during the era of the Divided Kingdoms.
What are Judah and Israel?
The Israelites were instructed to do this during the Passover to avoid the death of the firstborn.
What putting lamb's blood on the doorposts?
Name the following in chronological order:
Hittites sack Babylon
Kassites rule Babylon
Amorites take over Babylon
King Hammurabi rules Babylon.
What are the following:
Amorites take over Babylon.
Hammurabi rules Babylon.
Hittites sack Babylon.
Kassites rule Babylon.
The order of the following events:
Fall of Nineveh to Babylonians & Medes
Ashurnisirpal II expands Neo-Assyrian Empire
Sennacherib fails to take Jerusalem
Nebuchadnezzar builds Ishtar Gate and destroys Jerusalem
What are the following?
Ashurnisirpal II
Sennacherib
Fall of Nineveh
Nebuchadnezzar
The order of events of the following:
Xerxes rule Persia and invades Greece.
Cyrus rules Persia.
Darius rules Persia.
Cambyses rules Persia.
What are the following:
Cyrus rules Persia.
Cambyses rules Persia.
Darius rules Persia.
Xerxes rules Persia and invades Greece.
The chronological order of the following events:
Solomon builds the Temple in Jerusalem
Fall of Jerusalem and Babylonian Exile
David becomes king
Divided Kingdom begins
What is the chronological order of:
David becomes king
Solomon builds the Temple in Jerusalem
Divided Kingdom begins
Fall of Jerusalem and Babylonian Exile
The first 3 of the 10 Commandments as it is written in Exodus (from our handout).
You shall have no other gods before me.
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.