Mesopotamia 1
Writings about Sumerian gods and military victories.
What are epics?
Wrote a letter after God humbled him.
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
The concept of zero was first recognized by these people.
Who were the Mesopotamians?
Boys studied in Sumerian schools to become this.
What are scribes?
The worship of many gods.
What is polytheism?
He established the Akkadian Empire.
Who was Sargon I?
Wrote laws with no religious sections
Who was Hammurabi?
A pyramid-like temple.
What is a ziggurat?
Jonah preached to the people here to turn from their evil ways.
What was Nineveh?
An ancient epic poem honoring the adventures of this man.
Who was Gilgamesh?
Descendants of Heth.
Who were the Hittites?
The scientific study of the stars.
What is astronomy?
Considered by Mesopotamians to be God's highest representative on earth.
Who was the King?
Wedge shaped writing.
What is cuneiform?
A study of the moon, stars, and planets to tell the future of someone's life.
What is astrology?
The river east of Mesopotamia.
What is the Tigris River?
What Sumerian schools were known as.
What are tablet-houses?
The capital of the Chaldean Empire.
What was Babylon?
Used by God to punish His disobedient people.
Who were the Assyrians?
God judged the people because of their evil ways.
Who were the people of Nineveh?
Given by God to Moses.
What is the Mosaic Law?
The Hittites excelled in the production of this.
What is iron?
God revealed the historic accurate account of the Flood to him.
Who is Moses?
The river west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Euphrates River?
A wooden box discovered by Sir Leonard Woolley.
What was the Standard of Ur?