Religion
It's the belief in many gods?
What is polytheism?
It's the Greek word meaning the "land between the rivers."
What is Mesopotamia?
It's the earliest known form of writing.
What is cuneiform?
He established the Akkadian Empire.
Who is Sargon of Akkad?
It's the number of plagues God used to show the Egyptians the weakness of their religious system.
What is 10?
It's the temple towers of the Sumerians.
What is ziggurat?
It's the rule of one people over another.
What is an empire?
It's the study of celestial bodies.
What is astronomy?
He developed a code of laws for the Amorites.
Who is Hammurabi?
It was turned to blood.
What is the Nile River?
It's the practice of trying to interpret human events and destiny by the position of the planets and stars.
What is astrology?
Conquered the Sumerians and established the "Old Babylonian" Empire.
Who are the Amorites?
It's Sumerian literature that describes the adventures of Gilgamesh and includes an account of a universal flood.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
He was the first king of Israel.
Who is Saul?
Where Israelites put the blood of a lamb or goat to protect them from the Death Angel.
What are the posts and lintel?
It's the belief in only one God.
What is monotheism?
It's the crescent-shaped fertile region encompassing Mesopotamia and the land of Canaan.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Used iron weapons and horse drawn chariots to extend their empire throughout Asia Minor and into the Fertile Crescent.
Who are the Hittites?
He lead the Babylonian in the destruction of the Jewish temple and carried many Jews into the Babylonian Captivity.
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
The darkness plague was an affront to this Egyptian god.
Who is Ra?
It's the people through whom Jehovah ruled his people and delivered them from their oppressors.
Who are the judges?
Where Jehovah established Israel as a theocracy.
What is Mount Sinai?
They are the "traders of purple."
Who are the Phoenicians?
He built the Jewish temple.
Who is Solomon?
This plague prevented even the priests from approaching the altars of the Egyptian deities.
What is lice?