| A | B |
|---|
| Sumerians Egyptians Elamites Indians Cretans Hittites Chinese | 7 ancient peoples who devised the earliest forms of true writing |
| Shinar | biblical name for Sumer |
| After the Deluge | Civil government began |
| Ru-nammu | developed the world's most ancient law code |
| Roman Empire | their fall marks the end of the Ancient period of history |
| sumerians | developed the first civilization |
| Postdiluvian | after the flood |
| Byzantium | capital of the Eastern Roman Empire |
| Peleg | "divided" |
| Nimrod | led the building of the tower of Babel |
| Advent of Christ | focal point of all history |
| ideograms | symbols used to express ideas |
| Ziggurats | huge temples built by the ancient Sumerians |
| Israel | became a nation state in 1948 |
| humanism | human worship making man into a god |
| Cyrus | "my shepherd" and "my annointed" |
| Xeres | called Ahasuerus in the Bible |
| codified laws | greatest achievement of the Old Babylonian Empire |
| Ashurbanipal | Assyrian king who built the world's first library |
| partriarchs | founding fathers of Israel |
