What is history?
Greek word that means "to investigate"
What is "historeo?"
this is the most compelling reason to describe God's creation of man as special and unique
What is "created in God's image?"
annual, often destructive, flooding by these rivers provided Mesopotamia with fresh silt which made the soil very productive
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
he was the first Jewish king after the period of the Judges
Who was Saul?
this term means a Greek city-state
What is a "polis?"
historian might not trust a source because the person who wrote it was a slave in the society being described
What is "bias?"
discovered in 1947, it was 1,000 years older than the previously oldest known manuscript of the the Old Testament, yet was an almost exact copy
What is the "Dead Sea Scrolls?"
historians use this term to describe the different occupations people were able to develop because of the surplus food production in Mesopotamia
the belief in a single god
What is monotheism?
war fought between the Athenians and their allies vs. the Spartans and their allies
What was the Peloponnesian War?
the situation that exists when a historical document was created
What is "contextualization?"
There are almost 6,000 manuscripts or partial manuscripts of this document that are 99% similar to each other, far more than any other ancient document
What is the New Testament?
this Sumerian style of pictographic writing was created by pressing a wedge-shaped stylus into wet clay, and was important for religious, political and economic purposes
What was "cuneiform?"
the type of agreement Hebrews had between themselves and God
What is a covenant?
this term describes the extension of Greek culture across the Mediterranean by Alexander the Great to societies who were not ethnically Greek
What was "hellenization?"
a historian finds several documents that essentially say the same information
What is "corroboration?"
What is the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem by the Roman army?
this Mesopotamian leader created a code several hundred years before Moses
Who was "Hammurabi?"
term used to describe hatred toward Jewish people
What is "Anti-Semitism?"
a Greek city-state noted for its oligarchic, militaristic, and egalitarian society
What was Sparta?
he was the "Father of History"
Who was Herodotus?
because of this idea, western society developed the idea of human rights (regardless of socioeconomic status)
What is "imago Dei?"
this legal code was, according to its creator, given by the god Shamosh, and promised to curse any future king who might change it
What was "Hammurabi's Code?"
this term is used to describe the removal of Jews from Palestine by the Romans and their subsequent scattering around the world
What was the "Diaspora?"
the Athenians practiced this form of government
What was a democracy?