Early Humans
A person or group that moves from place to place
Nomad/nomadic
Real Jeopardy ?
Hebrews 6 says that when God made a promise to this Patriarch (Father), "Because He could swear by no greater, He sware by Himself."
Who was Abraham?
the land between the rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
Each Sumerian city and the land around it became these once they formed their own government, culture and traditions
What is a City-state
This man wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life
Hammurabi
The first book in the bible, means beginning
What is Genesis?
World's first civilization and a luxury car brand from Germany
What is Sumercedes?
If a green paste found in a sushi restaurant was named after a famous code writer
What is Hammurabi wasabi?
True King
Who is Sargon of Akkad?
Combines the Greek root for one with the Greek root for belief
What is Monotheism?
objects that tells us about the past
artifacts
Abraham made this with God, meaning promise or agreement that lasts forever
What is a Covenant?
World's First Emperor
Who was Sargon of Akkad or Sargon the Great
The Sumerians developed this wedge-shaped writing' system
What is Cuneiform?
A group of many different lands under one ruler
An empire
Nebachudnezzar is one of the authors of this book in the bible.
What is the book of Daniel?
What is the covenintendo 64?
Before the Great emancipator or freer of the Old Testament sent plagues to Egypt he tried giving the pharaoh some flowers which he called these
What are Moses' Roses?
His name means "healer" which makes sense since his laws brought peace to his land
Who is Hammurabi?
Combines the Greek root for land and the Greek root for river
What is Mesopotamia?
period of time which precedes the recording of events
Pre-history
Son of Abraham who was almost sacrificed
Who is Isaac?
these two rivers create/surround Mesopotamia
What are the Euphrates and Tigris
the Sumerian built these temples which served as a link between heaven and earth
What were ziggurats?
Dreaming Babylonian king who built the hanging gardens to please his wife.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
The story of Moses and the Israelites exiting Egypt is found in this book.
What is Exodus?
What Canaan is referred to and a Big 90s movie about a dad who makes hill children small
What is the land of milk and Honey I shrunk the Kids
My favorite group are these Girls who come from a River in Iraq
Who are the Euphrates Ladies?
I'm not lion... this name comes from Hebrew and means "God is my judge" which makes sense because Nebuchadnezzar tried to judge and sentence him to death, but God decided to saved him.
Who is Daniel?
Combines the Greek root for wedge and the Greek root for shape
What is Cuneiform?
One can argue that all of human progress was sparked when this was discovered
What are grains?
He was chosen to lead the Jews out of slavery in Egypt
Who was Moses?
Mesopotamia is part of this larger area sometimes referred to as the cradle of civilization
What is "Fertile Crescent"
Sumerian homes and walls were made of this material that the rivers provided
What is Mud-brick?
Blue gate into the city commissioned by Nebuchadnezzar
What is the Ishtar gate?
The first five books of the bible is called this
What is the Torah or the Pentateuch?
When one believes in many gods and a saying about how words can't physically hurt you
What is polytheisticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me.
What you might call an old out of touch person from the first civilization ever.
It sounds like something a fan of the University of Oklahoma might say
What is a Boomer Sumer?
According to the Bible, this man's name mean to pull out of or withdraw, but his name doesn't come from pulling out of Egypt, but rather that he was pulled out of the Nile River
Who is Moses?
Khata which meant to fail in Hebrew, gave way in the Bible to this Greek term that means missing the mark
What is Sin?
term for keeping livestock for resources
Moses received these on the top of Mount Sinai
What were the Ten Commandments and the Torah (first five books of the bible)
Real Jeopardy ?
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon (possibly) near Hillah was found in what modern day country?
What is Iraq?
Gilgamesh
Who was the main character of the first story ever written?
It is believed that when Nebuchadnezzar sacked Jerusalem and destroyed the Jewish temple in 587 BC he may have possibly made off with this priceless Hebrew relic
What is the Arc of the covenant?
Sin was originally a Greek and Hebrew word meaning this?
What is "missing the mark"?
Sumerian Written language, and what you might do at cheer camp before peeling and going (a fruit)
What is Cuneiform banana form form banana
If the oldest part of the Bible took a tropical vacation
What is the Torah in Bora Bora?
This name that means "God preserves" was given to Jacob by God himself.
What is Israel?
This city's name comes from Akkadian to mean Gate of God
What is Babylon?
people who found grain
who were the Natufians?
Solomon, son of King David built this to house the Ark of the Covenant in Jerusalem
Who is the Temple of Jerusalem?
Mesopotamia was dominated by several empires including the Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian, but this rising empire led by Cyrus the Great conquered all of Mesopotamia in the 6th century BC
What was the Persian Empire?
Gilgamesh was the 5th king of this Sumerian City-state, the capital of Sumer
What is Uruk?
It is commonly believed that the ziggurat of Entemenaki inspired this biblical story.
What is the Tower of Babel?
God promised Abraham that his descendants would outnumber the stars and they would reside in a promised land called Canaan, the land of milk and honey, which can be found in this modern day country
What is Israel?
Most Famous King of Babylon and something you're reminded to do in announcements every day
What is Hammurabe kind be kind be kind
You could say Isaac the son of Abraham was almost "killed in the promise land" but since its rhyme Time you would say he was almost "_____this_______"
What is slain in Canaan?
This name comes from the Hebrew language to mean "High Father, Father of Many"
What is Abraham?
This English word comes from a French and Latin root that means agree
What is Covenant?
The age of nomadic foragers gave way to this age, the exact opposite, around 10,000 BC
What is the age of Settled Agrarians?
I'll also except settled farmers.
The land of Milk and Honey
What is Canaan?
Sargon of Akkad stretched his empire from this north sea to this south Body of water. The two water boundaries of his empire were. . .
What is the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf?
The difference between polytheism and monotheism
What is believing in many gods vs. believing in one God?
Real Jeopardy ?
Marduk thrashed Tiamat, the monster of Chaos, to become the Deity of this city known for its gardens
What is Babylon?
Sargon of Akkad is referred to by this name in the Bible
What is Nimrod?
The world's first emperor and something you say about someone whose died but you still remember them
What is Sargone but not forgotten.
the most common phrase associated with the Code of Hammurabi and what one could say if they traded an undercover agent and an investigator for another undercover agent and investigator
What is eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth and spy for spy and sleuth for a sleuth
This Persian King wanted the sun to never set on his empire, and his name actually means "sun"
Who is Cyrus?
What is Emperor?