Sumeria
What is a ziggurat?
temple
Sumerian story about a king like a superhero with great strength.
Epic of Gilgamesh
Sumerians used a system of writing called...
Cuneiform
who was the first king?
Nimrod
Hittites and the Egyptians fought at the battle of...
Who won?
Kadesh, a tie
Name some Sumerian technologies
agriculture, plow, irrigation, abacus, math, musical notes, cuneiform writing
Who was Utnapishtim?
a very old man, who lived “before the great flood”
What was remarkable about the Sumerian list of kings who lived "before the great flood"?
they lived to be remarkably old
what city did nimrod build?
Babel
The Hittites were winning, then they stopped to _____ the Egyptian camp.
loot
What material was used to build ziggurats?
baked bricks
What did "the gods" tell Utnapishtim to do?
build a boat to save his family and the animals from a flood
Who wore a shiny necklace to remind her of a promise?
a goddess
why did they build a tower at Babel?
to avoid being scattered as God commanded
Which part of Egypt is in the north? (top of the map)
Which part of Egypt is in the south? (bottom of the map)
lower Egypt, upper Egypt
Which Amorite king conquered Sumeria?
Hammurabi
What did Utnapishtim release to see if the flood was gone?
a dove, a swallow, and a raven
What did the goddess promise?
to not destroy the earth again with a flood
How did God stop the tower project?
confused languages
What are the three major time periods of Egyptian history called?
Old Kingdom, middle Kingdom, new Kingdom
Hammurabi is best known for...
his system of laws, “The Code of Hammurabi”
What did Gilgamesh want, but could never find?
eternal life
Other names for the land between the Tigris and Euphrates
Babylon, Babel, fertile crescent, land beteen the rivers, Cradle of Civilization, Plain of Shinar, Mesopotamia, Chaldea
Genesis chapter ___ is called the _______ of _______. It lists ____ ethnic and language groups.
10, table of nations, 70
Many Bible scholars believe that ______ was the Pharaoh of the Exodus. He was in the ______ Kingdom.
Raamses II, new