ABEKA WORLD HISTORY AND CULTURES TEST 1 ALREADY PASSED

ABEKA WORLD HISTORY AND CULTURES TEST 1 ALREADY PASSED another name for the 10 commandments Decalogue 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 founding fathers of Israel patriarchs government ruled by God theocracy Greek word for "between the rivers" Mesopotamia T/F civil government began AFTER the Deluge T T/F the sea-trading PHOENICIANS helped transmit the alphabet wherever they went T T/F ISRAEL was perhaps the greatest nation around the year 1000 bc T T/F the inhabitants of Asia Minor, the PERSIANS, were the first to use iron extensively F, Hittites T/F the Bible states that the earth was divided during the days of ISAAC, whose name means "divided" F, Peleg T/F ZIGGURATS were huge temples built by the ancient Sumerians T T/F the Persian ruler DARIUS was called by God "my shepherd" and "my anointed" F, Cyrus T/F Samuel FENTON was called the "Apostle to Islam" F, Zwemer T/F the PERSIANS established the world's first postal system T T/F one of the three great patriarchs of Israel was MOSES F, Abraham, Jacob, or Isaac 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? Rome what was the greatest achievement of the Old Babylonian Empire? government who founded the Muslim religion? Mohammed two important rivers that make up the Fertile Crescent Tigris and Euphrates what was Sumerian writing called? cuneiform foundational civil ordinance capital punishment false belief that heavenly bodies influence the affairs of men astrology 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? David the first true alphabet Sinai script the world's first civilization was developed by the: Sumerians in what period of the Hebrew language was the Old Testament written? Classical focal point of all history? the advent of Christ which Assyrian king build the world's first great library? Ashurbanipal what Akkadian ruler conquered Sumer? Sargon where did Henry Martyn do a pioneer missionary work? Persia Sumerians wrote on this clay "Postdiluvian" refers to things that happened after this Flood who conquered the Southern Kingdom of Israel? 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. Semites took Egyptian hieroglyphics and called them by Semitic names, assigning sounds to the characters. this was the first true alphabet. Phoenicians developed a 22-consonant alphabet. Greeks combined Semitic and Phoenician alphabets. Sumerians developed writing and preserved many written records. Hebrews developed the Sinai script. writing preserves the history, literature, and traditions of a people. writing also gives us the Bible.