Short Answer 1
What was the center of the ancient world, was the land that God promised to Israel
Canaan
What son of Adam and Eve built a foundation of rebellion against God
Cain
What was established to teach the sanctity of human life
capital punishment
What abbreviation before a date means "in the year of our Lord"
AD
What abbreviation after the date means "before the birth of Christ"
BC
What ruler united all of Mesopotamia under his rules
Hammurabi
What book of the bible gives us an account of the beginning
Genesis
What French scholar deciphered the Rosetta Stone
Jean Francis Champollion
Who did God use to direct his children out of Egypt
Moses
What is the longest river in the world
Nile River
What Greek historian wrote about ancient Egypt
Herodutus
What area of land means "land between the rivers"
Mesopotamia
A wedge shaped writing
Cuneiform
The scattering of the people over the earth is called
dispersion
The way of life of a group of people is called
culture
A large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit are called a
nation
The rule by one city or people over other cities or peoples
empire
A group of people living in its own land with its own government
nation state
An organized group of people appointed by a ruler to help him govern
bureaucracy
A payment from one nation to another is called a
tribute
Items that best describe Egyptian civilazations
dynasties, hieroglyphics, medical advances and pyramids
Where did Noah and his family settle after the flood
Shinar
The leader of the Tower of Babel was
Nimrod
What was the greatest gift of the Nile River
fertile soil
From whom did the Egyptians descend
Mizraim