How did Abraham influence culture in ancient mesopotamia?

Answer 1

Mesopotamia is now the land that is today part of Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. It was also here that Abraham had lived before he set out to the Promised Land. For many years, Abraham was believed to have lived at the same time as Hammurabi. Later scholars would date Abraham to the period shortly before the reign of Hammurabi so now Hammurabi now appears to be a near contemporary of Moses instead of Abraham. In Egyptian chronological studies, the patriarchs are dated earlier than ever before. In spite of this, there has been little research conducted on the relationship between Abraham and Mesopotamia. It will come to the conclusion that Abraham lived much earlier in Mesopotamian history than what most have realized.

The word Mesopotamia comes from Greek origin, meaning the land between two rivers -- the Tigris and the Euphrates. Both the Tigris and the Euphrates start in the mountainous regions of Turkey and flow into the Persian Gulf.

Abraham was a city dweller from the city of Ur. His father, Terah, was a maker of idols. Abraham believed in the One God, the maker of heaven and earth, not the multiple deities that the common people of the region believed in. In about 2090 BC, God called Abraham out of that city, to separate him from that evil influence, and to make of him a great nation. Abraham became a wanderer and a nomad in the land of Canaan.