1. Ancient History- Week 1

2. God has always existed.

3. In the beginning, God created the world
and all that is in it in 6 days. And on the
seventh day God rested.

5. The sin of Adam and Eve had
disastrous consequences. Adam was
the head of all creation, so because of
Adam’s sin, God cursed the world.

6. As God
promised,
death
resulted
from
Adam’s sin.

7. Even though
Adam broke God’s
law, God
remained gracious
and promised he
would send a
“seed” that would
crush Satan and
his Kingdom.
Jesus is that seed.

8. God observed that man’s every intent was evil
and wicked. He was grieved He had made man
and said He would destroy man.

9. But Noah found
grace in the eyes
of the Lord.
Noah was a
righteous man.

10. A flood destroyed the
whole world except for
Noah and his family.

11. God sent a rainbow as a sign
he would never destroy the
world again.

12. Before the flood there was never any rain. There was a
large cloud that covered the whole earth

13. It was like a greenhouse.

14. This is why the people lived so long in ancient times.

15. When the flood happened, it rained for 40 days

16. -but there
were also
volcanoes,
springs of
water
making
canyons
and gorges,

17. and tsunamis.

18. The Ice Age
began when
God removed
that vapor
cloud and we
had seasons
for the first
time.

19. Immediately following the flood, several
factors brought on the ice age

20. There would have been extra moisture in the
atmosphere with all the water, colder
temperatures and colder climate everywhere.
The water would have begun to freeze.

21. During the ice age,
man did not cease
to exist. The entire
earth was not
covered by ice, just
large parts of it.

22. Many people migrated during this time period
searching for a more desirable climate. Land
bridges that once were covered by water would
have been exposed making travel to other
continents easier.

23. After the flood, a
civilization was
started in the
“Fertile Crescent”.

24. This area is called the Mesopotamia which
means “land between rivers”.

25. The Sumerians were
intelligent because
they rebuilt society
in a relatively short
period of time.

26. They had irrigation systems, flushing toilets, hot and cold
water in homes, art in statues (with big eyes!), the
calendar, the wheel and poetry.

27. They even had
an early form of
writing called
Cuneiform.

28. Cuneiform

29. The Sumerians wrote
a story called the
“epic of Gilgamesh”

30. It was a poem that mixed fact and fiction.
It sounded very similar to the story of the Fall
and the flood!

31. Abraham came from
the Sumerains in a
city called Ur.