World History Study
he would have a great or famous name he would be blessed and be a blessing he would become a great nation land
What is promised to Abram in Genesis 12:1-3 and 7
hard work and cooperation
What was vitally needed to cultivate the Fertile Crescent region?
Semites
Which group populated Arabia and the Fertile Crescent
2500 B.C.
most conservative date for the Flood
8000,5000, or 4000 B.C.
probable dates for creation
Babel
represented united human strength in rebellion against God.
uniformitarian geology
says earth is billions of years old
probable date for Chinese civilization
third millennium
catastrophism
violent interruption
Mesopotamia
According to most historians the cradle of the civilization was in?
Canaan, Japheth
According to the curse pronounced by Noah (Genesis 9:24-27), ___________ was to serve Shem and __________
True
The Hebrew civilization was part of God's blessing upon Japheth's descendents.
cuneiform
A wedge shaped style of writing used in Sumer
temple tower
A ziggurat is a:
3000 B.C.
Cities first arose in Sumer around?
True
Egypt was settled by Ham or his descendants
Africa
Ham and his descendents spread throughout , ______________ although some of them remained in Arabia, Palestine, and Mesopotamia.
Akkadian, Aramaic, Syriac, Phoenician, Ugaritic, Hebrew, Moabite
Name seven of the Semitic language groups.
Kings
The Lugal were _______
Fertile Crescent
The area that stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea and contains some of the richest farmland in the world is called the:
Ur
The dynasty which ruled from about 2125 to 2025 B.C. was the Third Dynasty of _____.
planned
The economy that the Third Dynasty promulgated was a(n) __________ economy.
idolaters
The members of Abraham's family were __________ before they left Ur.
