Across
- 2. anno Domini; "in the year of our Lord" approximate date
- 5. Wedge-shaped writing
- 7. before the birth of Christ
- 9. the first book of the Bible ; means "beginning"
- 15. Near Mesopotamia; got its name because it flows almost as "straight as an arrow" ; means fruitful
- 17. a group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit
- 18. the death penalty
- 19. the way of life of a group of people
- 20. God confused man's language causing men to disperse
- 21. the scattering of people over the earth
- 22. means "land between the rivers" ; located between the Tigris and Euphrates River
Down
- 1. the city in Shinar where the tower was built
- 3. putting man in place of or above God
- 4. Where Abraham lived when God called him to a new land around 2,000 BC
- 6. God's punishment for the height of evil man had reached; destroyed the whole earth except Noah and his family
- 8. the first murderer; God doomed him to live as a wanderer because of his sin
- 10. a son of Adam and Eve whose descendants were at least aware of their sins
- 11. Noah's three sons who repopulated the world after the Flood
- 12. An area in the Middle East known for its ability to grow crops ; its shape resembles a crescent moon.
- 13. Sumerians' greatest accomplishment
- 14. The greatest turning point in history
- 16. the idea that man was not created directly by God but instead "evolved" from the animals