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Lost Civilizations: Mesopotamia- Return to Eden
This film traces the first civilizations in the world in Mesopotamia and how its artifacts and history support
the historical accuracy of the Bible. This film traces the eras of civilizations of Mesopotamia backwards in
time.
1. The THREE ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia are: _____________________________,
_________________________________ and ____________________________________.
2. Over the course of 6000 years, the rich land of the ______________________ Crescent, cradled
between the _______________________ and Euphrates rives gave birth to the world’s first great
civilization called Mesopotamia. Today, we call this area _____________________.
3. In 1947, two shepherds in Israel (western part of Mesopotamia), found a cave that contained the
____________________________________. This is the earliest version of the
_________________________________, the first five books of the Bible. To Jews this is known as
the __________________________.
4. a) In 1868, Biblical archaeologists were notified of a Moabite Stone Tablet. What did this stone
tablet prove?
b) What happened to the stone?
5. In 586 BCE, the King of _______________________ attacked Jersusalem and destroyed
________________________________ as well as taking many Israelietes to Babylon. How did the
Israelites maintain their religion and culture?
6. Babylon was the first civilization on earth to have a written _________________________________.
This was directed by King ____________________________ .
7. Today, what is the ritual of “ordeal”?
8. What evidence is there of King Hamurabi’s Code in the Bible? _________________________________
9. Seven centuries before Christ, the Bible tells of a land called Assyria and describes it as “_____________
________________________________”.
10. Outline the characteristics of the era of Assyrians told in history and by archaeologists.
11. The civilization of Sumer tells the story of a great _____________________. This parallels the
Biblical story of ______________________________________________.
12. Outline the innovations that emerged in the Sumerian civilization.
13. Describe the story of the discovery in the Royal Tombs of Ur.