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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tigris & Euphrates | rivers in Mesopotamia |
| Mesopotamia | land between Tigris/Euphrates where earliest civilizations developed |
| Garden of Eden | Adam and Eve's beautiful home in Hebrew scriptures |
| Arabian Nights | collection of stories about ancient Mesopotamia |
| Genesis | Hebrew book describing creation of world |
| Creation Tablets | Babylonian story of creation of world |
| Marduk | chief god of Babylon; creator god of world |
| Ninevah | Assyrian city |
| Assurbanipal | king of Assyria; made copies of history of Assyria/Babylon |
| cuneiform | Assyrian and Babylonian form of writing |
| Hammurabi | king of early Babylonians |
| Nebuchadnezzar | king of later Babylonians (Chaldeans) |
| Ishtar Gate | gate entering Nebuchadnezzar's palace |
| Hanging Gardens | Nebuchadnezzar's gardens in Babylon |
| Belshazzar | king of Babylonians after Nebuchadnezzar |
| Cyrus | King of Persia |
| Borsippa | suburb of Babylonia; famous for medical school |
| clepsydra | vessel used to count time |
| Ea | Spirit of the Water |
| Spirit of the Southwest Wind | one of chief evil spirit in Babylonian religion |
| Three Wise Men | sages from the East who visited baby Jesus |
| Tower of Babel | Ziggurat temple built in Hebrew story |
| The Land of No Return | gloomy place where souls went after death |
| Goddess of Love | goddess who went to The Land of No Return to search for lover |