Socials Studies Mesopotamian Project (Biblical Connections)
Wars (not really)
Chaldeans
formed three raiding parties
They took all Job's camels
and killed all his servants
except for one
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All taken from
from the Bible in
Job 1:17
King Shalmaneser
of Assyria
Besieged Samaria
(2 Kings 18:9)
But is eventually
killed by his own
sons
Later the Assyrian commanders
took King Manasseh (Hezekiah's son)
to Babylon
beseiged Jeresalum
Important People
Abram/Abraham
Was originally
from Ur of Chaldeens
(Chaldeans)
It was from Ur
that he he traveled
to Haran before moving on
to Canaan.
Chaldean :
a city state
in Mesopotamia
(mentioned in
Ezekiel 23:23)
King
Hammurabi
of Babylon
Most famous
for creating
the Hammurabi
law code
Many people
think that
Moses copied
the laws from
King Hammurabi
because his laws
were written before
Moses and it
included many seemingly
biblical ideas on morals
But as Christians,
we know God
is the true author
of the Bible
Written on a stele made
of black diorite, more than
seven feet (2.25 meters) tall
Was found in
Modern day Iraq
(Ancient Mesopotamia)
Basically meant
any set of laws
that were made
by him
King Nebuchadnezzer of Babylon
Daniel Interprets
Nebuchadnezzer's
dream of a tree
(Daniel 4:19-27)
Becomes
true and doesn't
end until Nebuchadnezzer
worships God and not himself
Nebuchadnezzer
commands everyone
to worship him
or else they
will die
Daniel Interprets
Nebuchadnezzer's
dream of a
statue (Daniel 2:31-45
this Dream
shows that
only God's
kingdom
will last forever
besieged Jerusalem
took Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael
and Azariah and trained them
in the Bible seen as an enemy of God
gods
Babylonian religion
was the continuation
of the Sumerian religion
t
lasted until 484
BCE when Persian
King Xerxes l had
it his statue removed
(King Xerxes as mentioned in Esther1:1)
worshiped
by the
Babylonians
idol of gold
(Daniel 3:1)
When there
is music you
have to worship
the idol
If, you don't worship it
you will be thrown into
a burning furnace of fire
made by king
Nebuchadnezzer
baal
worshiped by the
Isrealites for a long
period of time
1 Kings16:32-33
in judges, Gideon destroyed Baal's alter showing
that they had no respect for him any longer
Structures/sculptures
Ziggurats
since Mesopotamia was relatively
flat, ancient Mesopotamians has to
make their own mountains where the
Gods could come down to the mortal world.
They built them to
make the temples
closer to the heavens
and therefore closer to the Gods.
A very
important
part of the
city
Lion of Babylon
symbolizes the strength of the Babylonians
2600 years ago
created by the Hittites who lived in Babylon
2600 years old
Hanging Garden
Built by king
Nebuchadnezzer ll
because his wife
was homesick
Built during the Babylonian Exile of the Jews
