Socials Studies Mesopotamian Project (Biblical Connections)

Built during the Babylonian Exile of the Jews

Built by king
Nebuchadnezzer ll
because his wife
was homesick

Lion of Babylon

2600 years old

created by the Hittites who lived in Babylon

2600 years ago

symbolizes the strength of the Babylonians

Ziggurats

A very
important
part of the
city

They built them to
make the temples
closer to the heavens
and therefore closer to the Gods.

since Mesopotamia was relatively
flat, ancient Mesopotamians has to
make their own mountains where the
Gods could come down to the mortal world.

baal

worshiped by the
Isrealites for a long
period of time
1 Kings16:32-33

made by king
Nebuchadnezzer

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

worshiped
by the
Babylonians

lasted until 484
BCE when Persian
King Xerxes l had
it his statue removed
(King Xerxes as mentioned in Esther1:1)

Babylonian religion
was the continuation
of the Sumerian religion

King Nebuchadnezzer of Babylon

in the Bible seen as an enemy of God

besieged Jerusalem

took Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael
and Azariah and trained them

this Dream
shows that
only God's
kingdom
will last forever

Nebuchadnezzer
commands everyone
to worship him

or else they
will die

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

King
Hammurabi
of Babylon

Most famous
for creating
the Hammurabi
law code

Basically meant
any set of laws
that were made
by him

Written on a stele made
of black diorite, more than
seven feet (2.25 meters) tall

Was found in
Modern day Iraq
(Ancient Mesopotamia)

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

Abram/Abraham

Was originally
from Ur of Chaldeens
(Chaldeans)

Chaldean :
a city state
in Mesopotamia
(mentioned in
Ezekiel 23:23)

It was from Ur
that he he traveled
to Haran before moving on
to Canaan.

King Nebuchadnezzer of Babylon

beseiged Jeresalum

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

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