I'm Dating Myself
612
Nineveh destroyed
This man united Upper and Lower Egypt into one empire.
Narmer
The _____________ ______________ is the geographical location in which the first civilizations began to develop.
Fertile Crescent.
God made his covenant with Abraham in this passage of Scripture.
Genesis 12
This Empire is considered one of the first empires.
Egypt
2660-2180
The Old Kingdom of Egypt
This man ruled ancient Mesopotamia from 2334-2279.
Sargon
These two rivers controlled the region of Mesopotamia, influencing religion, order, and culture.
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
This common practice was used by Abram and Sarai to accomplish God's covenant without relying on God himself.
Having a servant girl bear a child for Abram, and calling the child legitimate.
Narmer created the first Egyptian ________________.
Dynasty.
1200
The Trojan War
Hagar
This mountain is the mountain on which Abraham nearly sacrificed his son, Isaac, and later became the Temple Mount.
Mount Moriah
Out of his four wives, this woman bore Jacob his two favorite sons, Joseph and Benjamin.
This empire consisted of independent city-states like Ur, Uruk, and Eridu
Sumer
3000
Sumer Civilization
This man had his name changed to "Israel" by God
Jacob
This region's name means "the land between two rivers"
Mesopotamia
Sheaves of grain and the sun, moon, and stars.
Hammurabi inherited this empire from his father in 1792 BC.
Babylon
8500(ish)
Nomads
After this king died, the Assyrian Empire began to crumble.
Ashurbanipal
These two regions surround the Fertile Crescent, _________________ to the North and ___________ to the East.
Anatolia and Media
In Egypt, Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dreams to mean...
Egypt will have 7 healthy years followed by 7 years of famine.
Shamshi-Adad established this empire, which ruled through military strength and domestic terrorism.
Assyria