Daily Life
considered by Mesopotamians to be God's highest representative on earth
king
God revealed the historically accurate account of the Flood to who?
Moses
Who were the first to recognize the concept of zero?
Mesopotamians
The Akkadian Empire was established by?
Sargon I
what Sumerian schools were known as
tablet-houses
Jonah preached to people here to turn from their evil ways.
Nineveh
wrote laws with no religious sections
Hammurabi
Who wrote a letter after God humbled him?
Nebuchadnezzer
writings about Sumerian gods and military victories
epics
given by God to Moses
Mosaic law
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh about?
Gilgamesh built a boat to be saved from huge flood
Capital of Chaldean Empire
Babylon
boys studied in Sumerian schools to become this
scribes
God judged the people of Nineveh when they returned to their _______ ways.
wicked/evil
What is the scientific study of the stars called?
Astronomy
Used by God to punish His disobedient people
Assyrians
a wooden box discovered by Sir Leonard Woolley
Standard of Ur
List biblical beliefs (4)
-There is one true God
- The God of the bible is perfect
- Work is a blessing
- People were created in the image of the one true God
List Mesopotamian beliefs (4)
-Many Mesopotamian gods
-gods were not morally perfect
-the gods complained about fulfilling their duties
- the people created gods in their own image
The _____ were descendants of Heth and excelled in the production of______.
Hittites, iron