history ch 3 quiz Flashcards
First to rule after Sumer
Old Babylonian Empire
What does “Babel” mean in Babylon?
“the Gate of God”
What does “Babel” mean in Hebrew?
“To Confuse”
Whos rule officially started the Babylonian empire
Hummurabi
Oldest form of literature outside of the Bible
Epic of Gilgamesh
“Babylonian Genesis”
Enuma Elish
greatest mathematical achievement
Place-Value Notation
Babylonians greatest achievement
Their law code
What do law codes create?
A sense of justice
The use of authority and power to uphold what is right, just, or lawful
Justice
First empire to use iron weapons
Hittites
Conquered Babylon and set up Assyrian Empire
Tiglath-pileser I
Capital of Assyria
Nineveh
Who captured Northern Kingdom of Israel
Assyria
Built the world’s first great library
Ashurbanipal (from Assyria)
Conquered Assyria during Nabopollasar’s rule
Chaldeans (from Arabia)
Conquered the fertile crescent and southern israel
Nebuchadnezzar
Conquered the Bab(ylonian empire?)
Cyrus the Great
What did cyrus allow the israelites to do?
To return to Jerusalem to build their temple
When was the greatest extent of Persian power?
When they were under the rules of Darius and Xerxes
Established the first postal system
Darius
Husband of Queen Esther
Xerxes (Ahasuerus)
Xerxes’ successor
Artaxerxes
Who was Artaxerxes cupbearer?
Nehemiah
False religion of Persia
Zoroastrianism
What was the Persian ruler under?
He was under the law
Order of Empires
-Old Babylonian Empire
-Hittites
-Assyria
-New Babylonian Empire
Persia
What is Israel called?
Canaan, Promised Land, Palestine
View Israel as central to their beliefs
Christianity, Judaism, Islam
What was important about Israels location?
Israel was a main highway for trade and travel
What was Abraham?
Father of the nation of Israel
Called out of Sumerian culture to start a new godly culture
Abraham
The patriarchs (founding fathers) of Israel
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Garden in Babylon that was given as a gift to the kings wife
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
led Israel out of Egypt into the Promised Land
Moses
Solemn agreement between God and Israel
Gods covenant
The terms/conditions for Gods covenant
God would bless and honor His people if they chose to obey Him
God’s basic principles of right, wrong, and morality; “The Decalogue”
10 commandments
nation ruled by God
Theocracy
Human leaders who were chosen by God
Moses, Joshua, the Judges
2nd King of Israel (after Saul)
David
capital of Israel during Davids reign
Jerusalem
David’s son who reigned as a king for 40 years
Solomon
What did Solomons name mean?
Peace
What happened after Solomon died?
Israel split into Northern (Israel) and Southern (Judah) kingdoms
Who conquered Samaria
The Assyrian empire
Who was Jerusalem captured by?
The Babylonian empire
conquered Israel a few years before Jesus’ birth
The Roman Empire
Created the first postal system
Darius
Whos descendants continued Jesus’ line
David
ruled over the Middle East
Byzantine (Eastern Roman Empire)
The capital of Byzantine
Byzantium (Constantinople)
Arabic religious leader from Mecca who founded Islam
Mohammed
Received visions from Allah (the islamic god) who told him he was the leader of a new, world-wide religion
Mohammed
followers of Islam
Muslim
Arabic for “flight”
Hegira
What were Mohammed and his followers (Muslims) forced to do?
Flee Mecca
Who did Mohammed and his followers conquer
Medina and most of the Middle East
Arabic for “Holy War”
Jihad
Mohammed’s successors; ruling religious leader
Caliphs
Islam’s holy book; contains promises of pleasure for Muslims and death for infidels
Koran
Religious requirements of Islam
Daily prayer
Giving to the poor
Fasting during Ramadan
1 lifetime pilgrimage to Mecca
pioneer missionary to the Middle East
Henry Martyn
first modern missionary to the Muslims
Ion Kieth-Falconer
established the Arabian mission
Samuel Zwemer
Why is the Middle East an area of importance
its oil reserves
