Historical People
He was a prophet of God who warned the city of Ninevah of its impending judgment.
Who is Jonah?
This was the first empire to rule the Middle East after the Sumerian Empire.
What is Babylon?
He was a prophet in Babylon during the time of Israel's captivity. He interpreted King Nebuchadnezzar's dream.
Who is Daniel?
This was the capital of the Assyrian empire.
What is Nineveh?
This collection of about 300 laws was created to maintain justice by punishing wrongdoers.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
He was Babylon's greatest king. In 586 B.C., he destroyed Jerusalem and carried away its inhabitants to captivity in Babylon.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II?
This empire was the first to use iron extensively, particularly in regard to weapons.
What are the Hittites?
He was the husband of Queen Esther in the Bible.
Who is King Xerxes/Ahasuerus?
The use of authority and power is what is right, just, or lawful.
What is justice?
This mathematical system assigns a value to numbers according to their position in a series.
What is place-value notation?
He was Assyria's last great king. He built the world's first great library at Nineveh.
Who is Ashurbanipal?
This empire conquered the Old Babylonian Empire.
What is the Assyrian Empire?
This king established the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
Who is King Nabopolassar?
This was a Semitic people, led by Nabopolassar, who overthrew the Assyrian Empire.
Who are the Chaldeans?
This terrace roof garden and mighty city wall were among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
He was an Assyrian King who attempted to conquer Judah; however, he was unsuccessful.
Who is King Sennacherib?
Led by King Nabopolassar, this empire made a comeback and overthrew the Assyrian empire in 600 B.C.
What is the Neo-Babylonian Empire?
In 536 B.C., he issued a decree in which a total of 42,360 Jews returned to the land of Judah.
Who is Cyrus the Great?
With the ascension of this king, the Old Babylonian Empire was established.
Who is Hammurabi?
This mythical text was composed during the reign of Hammurabi to exalt Babylon and its god, Marduk.
What is the Enuma Elish?
He established the world's first postal service.
Who is Darius I?
This empire, led by Cyrus the Great, conquered Babylon and overthrew the empire in 539 B.C.
What is the Medo-Persian Empire?
He was the last great monarch of Assyria.
Who is Tiglath-Pileser I?
Nehemiah was the cupbearer to this king.
Who is King Artaxerxes I?
The false, pagan religion practiced by the Persian kings.
What is Zoroastrianism?