History and Bible Study Review

Vocabulary terms based on the lecture notes regarding biblical history and the early civilizations of Mesopotamia.

History

The record of past events that were arranged by a sovereign, all-wise God for His glory.

Bible

The most important written record available to mankind.

Pentateuch

The first five books of the Bible.

Gospels

The books that give an authoritative account of the life of Jesus.

Flood

The event from which eight people were spared because Noah obeyed God.

Ararat

The mountains in present-day Turkey where the Ark came to rest.

Mesopotamia

Often referred to as the "cradle of civilization," this area in the Fertile Crescent is where archaeologists believe written language began.

Euphrates River

The river in present-day Iraq where Noah's descendants eventually settled on the fertile Plain of Shinar.

Babel

The site where God saw the pride of the people and their tower, leading Him to confuse their language and scatter them over the earth.

Sumerian civilization

The first major Mesopotamian civilization.

Cuneiform

Characters formed by pressing a stylus into wet clay.

Sargon of Akkad

The ruler who conquered the Sumerian city-states and unified Mesopotamia.

Old Babylonian Empire

The empire located in the center of modern-day Iraq where Hammurabi organized one of the first law codes.

Hammurabi

The individual who organized one of the first law codes in recorded history.

Kassites and Hittites

The groups that conquered the Old Babylonian Empire and established their own empire during the eighteenth century B.C.

Assyrians

The people who established Nineveh as their capital in Mesopotamia.

Chaldeans

The people who came out of the Arabian Desert and helped overthrow the Assyrians in $612\text{ B.C.}$