Ancient History- Personality: Hatshepsut 1. Historical Context: Geography‚ topography and resources of Egypt and its neighbours Geography & Topography: Egypt is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north‚ deserts to the east and west and cataracts to the south. During the period of old kingdom‚ Egypt was able to develop in relative isolation. Her geography and topography was characterized by the following‚ which included that Egypt was split into Upper Egypt‚ which was southern Egypt
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Pharaoh: Amenhotep III Building Program: He began his building program very early in his reign. The Temple of Amen at Luxor; The colonnade and forecourt of this temple has been acclaimed by art historians as being the most impressive achievement of Egyptians temple architecture. The third Pylons at Karnak He demolished the shrines and monuments of earlier pharaohs‚ including some of his father’s‚ and used the rubble to fill his new pylon. This carried a lengthy inscription praising himself
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9/19/12 Farming and Emergence of Complex Societies * Farming and complex societies are the result of change * One of major changes is reflected in this frieze on a wall in Mesopotamia -reflects domestication of animals and plants – was a monumental change – resulted in a new way of living we know as farming – included pastoralism * Development of farming communities – a major change – started to be accompanied by a wall structure * Between about 12‚000 and 1‚000 BCE – Appeared independently
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Amenhotep III Amenhotep III ruled Egypt for almost forty years. During that time Egypt enjoyed greater power and prestige that it had ever done before or since‚ prompting modern historians to call the reign of Amenhotep III the Golden Age of Egyptian history. Politically‚ Egypt was the dominant power in its part of the world‚ with influences extending from the Euphrates in the north to the Fourth Cataract in the south. Economically‚ Egypt surpassed its neighbours. Within its territories
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Introduction: The Cross-Cultural Approach Myth: is a story or example believed as true from a religion or culture group (usually an origin story) (The Prophet Mohamad PBUH is true for all Muslims) -myth comes from the greek word “muthos” which means word: -“muthos” are not literal words (they are metaphors) -“logos” are literal words The difference between Myth‚ Legends‚ Fairytales Myth: origin stories Legends: stories that may or may not be believed Fairytales: stories that starts with
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HATSHEPSUT NOTES Family background: Thutmose I and his great wife Ahmose were the parents of Hatshepsut. T2 was the son of a lesser wife and T1. His right to throne was signified by marriage to Hat. They produced a daughter‚ Neferure‚ but no son. T2 had a son‚ T3‚ with Isis‚ a lesser wife. T2 was sick and weakly‚ indecisive‚ not competent enough to rule on his own. Hat got training on how to run the country‚ as she took on many of her husband’s responsibilities. She had grounding on becoming
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Reading Material: Realms of the Earth Astro-physicists and scientists believe that there could be quite a few planets in the Universe similar to our planet Earth. There is also a probable chance that some form of life prevails and sustains in one of such planet. However‚ so far as we presently know‚ the Earth is the only planet which supports life which makes it a very unique planet. It is therefore imperative (very important and necessary) for us to understand the spheres of the Earth as the spheres
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History of Sculpture Prehistoric Periods Much surviving prehistoric art is small portable sculptures‚ with a small group of female Venus figurines such as the Venus of Willendorf (24‚000–22‚000 BC) found across central Europe; the 30 cm tall Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel of about 30‚000 BCE has hardly any pieces that can be related to it. The Swimming Reindeer of about 11‚000 BCE is one of the finest of a number of Magdalenian carvings in bone or antler of animals in the art of the Upper
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Different Period and Their Works of Art Stone Age The stone age can be divided into two phases: Paleolithic (old stone age) and Neolithic (new stone age). During the Paleolithic‚ humans lived as nomadic hunter-gatherers. During the Neolithic‚ humans adopted and settled agricultural life. Neolithic Period or New Stone Age The term neolithic is used‚ especially in archaeology and anthropology‚ to designate a stage of cultural evolution or technological development characterized by the use
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Mythological Imagery and symbolism in Revelation 12:1-9 Tom Sellick A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of BA with honours in Biblical Studies and Philosophy at the University of Sheffield. I certify that this dissertation is based on my own original research and contains no material from any other source which is not referenced. Contents 1. Introduction – p.2 2. Evidence of two myths in Rev. 12:1-9 - p.3 3. The Combat Myth – p.4 3.1 The
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