the sun. Pg 16 4. Epic of Gilgamesh- records the exploits of a legendary king of Uruk. Pg 17 5. Erbil- can be dated back to at least 6000 BC and it is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. 6. Eridu- is an ancient Sumerian city in what is now Tell Abu Shahrain‚ Dhi Qar Governorate‚ Iraq. Eridu was long considered the earliest city in southern Mesopotamia‚ and is still today argued to be the oldest city in the world. Pg 10 7. Hebrew Diaspora- when Jews became scattered
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Cole Trigger Dr. Owen Anthropology 341 8 May 2013 Testing a Theory of the Origin of Civilization Mark Twain once wrote‚ “Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.” Today‚ we live in a very complex civilization; however‚ this was not always the case. Before televisions‚ cars‚ houses‚ and farming‚ people lived off of the land without intentionally altering it. The people of the time that Mark Twain is referring to here‚ were called foragers. Foraging was
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Saying that the modern world has not been influenced by the past is like saying grass isn’t green. Not only have we learned from the past but some of the greatest inventions come from ancient times. We have the cuneiform and the wheel from Sumerians‚ and gun powder from the Chinese. Those are only some of the ancient inventions that have evolved to great modern world technology. Without a good base how can anything function right? Without them cars‚ the alphabet‚ and firearms may have never been
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or figure on rock. Ideograph A symbol that represents an idea or concept. Pictograph Elementary picture of sketch representing the thing depicted. 1. What do you see? 2. What don’t you see 3. Why superimposition? Sumerian Ziggurat Developments of settled societies: a system of deities‚ organization of commerce and technological innovations. Driving these and future developments was the invention of writing. Rebus Writing Pictographs representing words and
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Joseph Reyes 2-B World History Ancient Civilizations People have been on the earth for hundreds of years. They have come together to become the best of the best. Civilizations were ways to put humans in to an organized group and to survive the ways of nature. Two civilizations were successful and survived for a long time. Ancient Mesopotamia was a much different civilization then Egypt‚ but both were organized in a similar way. They both developed by setting up their government‚ controlling
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY THE BIBLE AMONG THE MYTHS JOHN‚ N. OSWALT A SUMMARY PAPER OF THE TEXT ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN THOUGHT AND THE OLD TESTAMENT SUBMITTED TO DR. RANDY G. HANEY DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGY BY 03 MARCH 2013 Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: HISTORY AND METHODS 3 CHAPTER 2: COMPARATIVE STUDIES‚ SCHOLARSHIP‚ AND THEOLOGY 6 CHAPTER 3: SUMMARY OF THE LITERATURE OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST 10 CHAPTER 4: THE GODS 14 CHAPTER 5: TEMPLES AND RITUALS 19 CHAPTER 6: STATE AND FAMILY
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Humanities 101 Midterm Review Weeks 1 and 2 Mesopotamia: Sumerians‚ Akkadian‚ Babylonian‚ Assyrian Euphrates River Tigris River Fertile Crescent Uruk Cuneiform: wedge or nail shape marks pressed into wet clay –used for over 3000 years Sumerians 3500-2350 Located in lower Mesopotamia Between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers Part of the Fertile Crescent Invented writing and beer (Kassi) Purpose? Records of goods and services 2700 BCE: rough date assigned the historical Gilgsmesh‚ King
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Chapter One Notes Before Civilization (Circa Lorraine) Culture: constituted by learned patterns of action and expression FOOD GATHERING AND STONE TECHNOLOGY Stone tool-making first appeared around 2 million years ago Stone Age Lasted from 2 million to about 4‚000 years ago Misleading label: bone‚ skin and wood just survive poorly Paleolithic = Old Stone Age Neolithic = New Stone Age Foundations of science‚ art‚ and religion begin here May have believed in afterlife In game-rich areas
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pastoralist hieroglyphs monotheism Include these terms in the answers to the discussion questions: Neolithic Neolithic Agricultural Revolution Bronze Age Paleolithic “savages” Neanderthals Jericho Mesopotamia Sumerians cuneiform city-state Epic of Gilgamesh ziggurats animism Babylonian Empire Hammurabi Phoenicians Hittites Chapter 1 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS (Answer in complete sentences‚
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Ruler * Phoenicians * Made up of city states‚ known as traders * What is polytheism * Belief in many gods * Sumerians * Developed city states‚ were farmers‚ made many discoveries‚ education was important * Theocracy * Government ruled by clergy claiming god’s authority * Ziggurats * Temples created by sumerians CH 3 * Indo-Aryans * Came from the Vedas * Brahmins * Priests who knew the proper forms and rules * Buddha
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