Beginnings and Beliefs
What event is the greatest turning point in history?
Birth of Christ
What does “Mesopotamia” mean?
Land between the rivers
Who united much of Mesopotamia and issued a famous code of laws?
Hammurabi
What direction does the Nile flow?
South to north
What was the title of Egypt’s “god-king”?
Pharaoh
What city was Abraham originally from?
Ur
What does “image of God” mean for humans?
God’s likeness
Name the two rivers that define Mesopotamia.
Tigris and Euphrates
On what kind of monument were Hammurabi’s laws displayed?
Stone pillar
What was the benefit of the Nile's annual flood?
Fertile soil
What is mummification for?
Afterlife prep
Shinar
What law did God establish after the Flood to protect life?
Capital punishment
What writing did Sumerians develop?
Cuneiform
What is “promulgation"?
Public posting of laws
What protected Egypt from invasion from the south?
Cataracts in the Nile
What was the pharaoh's chief official called?
Vizier
Who was the "mighty hunter" who ruled Babel?
Nimrod
How do evolution and humanism relate?
Exalting man
Why did Sumerian cities often fight?
To rule one another
How did Hammurabi strengthen Babylon’s power besides making laws?
Good living conditions, increase of business and trade, highways, postal service, improved canals, expanded farming
Give three uses of papyrus.
paper, boats, rope, baskets, boxes, mats, sandals, furniture
Under which pharaoh did the Egypt empire reach its peak?
Thutmose III
What two history-altering events happened at Babel?
Language confusion and human dispersion
What two systems did God ordain to restrain evil?
Law and justice
Identify two major Sumerian achievements besides writing.
Wheel, irrigation/canal systems, base-60 time, months, years, city organization
What evidence was there that Hammurabi did not believe in equality under the law?
Rich were favored over poor
Why are artifacts so well-preserved in Egypt?
Hot and dry climate
Who first united Egypt?
Menes
Who are the three patriarchs of the Christian faith?
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
How does God’s image shape human duty in history?
We carry responsibility
Why did Sumerian kings have such power?
Fear of angering gods
Which god was elevated in Babylon?
Marduk
What was a common building material made from Nile mud?
What are Egypt's three main dynasties called?
Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom
While many of these ancient peoples were polytheists, how were the patriarchs described?
Monotheists