Alphabet Soup
Sumerian Writing
Cuneiform
Sumerians
Human worship - making man into a god
Humanism
Served by his cupbearer Nehemiah
Artaxerxes I
The Patriarchs
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Oldest work of literature outside of the Bible
Epic of Gilgamesh
Established the world's first postal system
Persians
Founded the Muslim religion
Mohammed
Destroyed Jerusalem and carried away its inhabitants
Nebuchadnezzar
What the Sumerians wrote on
Clay
Symbols used to express ideas
Fall marks the end of the Ancient period of history
Rome
Huge temples built by the ancient Sumerians
Ziggurats
Expanded Israel's boundaries and moved the capital to Jerusalem
David
Refers to things that happened after the Flood
Postdiluvian
The sea-traders who helped transmit the alphabet wherever they went
Phoenicians
Conquered the Southern Kingdom of Israel
Babylonians
The false belief that heavenly bodies influence the affairs of men
Astrology
Akkadian ruler that conquered Sumer
Sargon
When civil government began
After the Deluge
First true alphabet
Sinai Script
First to use iron extensively
Hittites
The Hebrew period the OT was written in
Classical
Built the world's first great library
Ashurbanipal
How long Daniel served under Babylonian/Persian Rulers
65-70 years