Chapter 1-3 Flashcards
Another name for the 10 commandments
Decalogue
The biblical name for Sumer
Shinar
Capital of the Eastern Roman Empire
Byzantium
Symbols used to express ideas
Ideograms
Human worship, making man into a god
Humanism
The founding fathers of Israel
Patriarchs
Government ruled by God
Theocracy
T/F
Civil government began after the Deluge.
True
T/F
The sea trading Phonecians helped transmit the alphabet wherever they went
True
T/F
Israel was perhaps the greatest nation around the year 1000 BC
True
T/F
The inhabitants of Asia Minor, the Persians, were the first to use iron extensively
False. Hittites
T/F
The Bible states that the earth was divided during the days of Isaac, whose name means divided
False. Peleg
T/F
Ziggurats were huge temples built by the ancient Sumerians
True
T/F
The Persian ruler Darius was called by God “my shepherd” and “my anointed”
False. Cyrus the Great
T/F
Samuel Fenton was called the “Apostle to Islam”
False. Samuel Zwemer
T/F
The Persians established the world’s first postal system
True
T/F
One of the three great patriarchs of Israel was Moses
False. Abraham
Greek word for “between the rivers”
Mesopotamia
Developed the world’s most ancient law code
Ur-Nammu
Led the building of the tower of Babel
Nimrod
Called Ahasuerus in the Bible
Xerxes
Began the Neo-Babylonian Empire
Nabopolassar
Established the Old Babylonian Empire
Hammurabi
Destroyed Jerusalem and carried away its inhabitants
Nebuchadnezzar
Conquered the Medes and established the Persian Empire
Cyrus
What empire’s fall marks the end of the Ancient period of history?
Roman
What was the greatest achievement of the Old Babylonian Empire?
Government
Who founded the Muslim religion?
Mohammed
Name the two important rivers that make up the Fertile Crescent?
Tigris and Euphrates
What was Sumerian writing called?
Cuneiform
Name the foundational civil ordinance.
Capital punishment
What is the false belief that heavenly bodies influence the affairs of men?
Astrology
What is the world’s oldest work of literature outside the Bible?
Epic of Gilgamesh
What country was the main highway of the ancient world?
Canaan
Which king expanded israel’s boundaries and moved the capital to Jerusalem?
King David
What is considered the first true alphabet?
Sinai script
The world’s first civilization was developed by the
Akkadians, Sumerians, Egyptians, Medians
Sumerians
In what period of the Hebrew language was the Old Testament written?
Yiddish, classical, Talmud, rabbinic
Classical
What is the focal point of all history?
The fall, the Deluge, the Creation, the advent of Christ
The advent of Christ
Which Assyrian King built the world’s first great library?
Ashurbanipal, tiglath-pileser, Shalmaneser, Nabopolassar
Ashurbanipal
Where did Henry Martyn do a pioneer missionary work?
India, Egypt, Cyprus, Persia
Persia
The Sumerians wrote on
Papyrus, wood, clay, flax
Clay
“Postdivluvian” refers to things that happened after the
Creation, dispersion, fall, flood
Flood
Who conquered the Southern Kingdom of Israel?
Persians, Babylonians, Hittites, Akkadians
Babylonians
Describe the development of writing, including at least three cultures that were instrumental in its development. Explain why writing is so important to civilization.
Hebrews developed the Sinai script, Sumerians developed cuneiform, and Phoenicians developed 22 consonant alphabets. Writing gives us the Bible and preserves history. It allows us to store and access information across hundreds of years.
