Lessons 8-12 Flashcards
someone who studies the sky and universe
astrologer
“He who would excel in the school of the scribes must rise like the dawn.”
Babylonian copybook
a writing implement with sharp end to scratch writing and blut end for obliterating it
stylus
Identify Nineveh on the map below.
C
king of later Babylonians (Chaldeans)
Nebuchadnezzar
Identify the Persian Gulf on the map below.
H
ornamental molding on wall near ceiling
cornice
chief god of Babylon; creator god of world
Marduk
a severe fever; usually found in tropical or subtropical locations
malaria
Assyrian and Babylonian form of writing
cuneiform
to engage in noisy and lively festivities
revel
Identify the Euphrates River on the map below.
D
collection of stories about ancient Mesopotamia
Arabian Nights
Identify the Caspian Sea on the map below.
A
the obscuring of the light from a celestial body by another object
eclipse
Identify the Tigris River on the map below.
G
Identify Babylon on the map below.
F
Identify Assyria on the map below
B
having unlimited power
omnipotent
king of the early Babylonians
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar’s gardens in Babylon
Hanging Gardens
Identify Babylonia on the map below
E
Assyrian city
Nineveh
area of land between Tigris and Euphrates where earliest civilizations developed
Mesopotamia
gloomy place where souls went after death
The Land of No Return
“For the use of readers.”
Assurbanipal
an official sent by a government to live in a foreign city
consul
