Study Guide For Midterm Slide Exam‚ ARTH10 03 Spring 2014 Below are the objects/images from your textbook for which you will be responsible on the midterm slide exam. All of the images and info on the midterm will come from this guide except for maybe a couple of extra credits that I will announce in class. There won’t be any tricks or additional material on the test. All illustration numbers on the study guide refer to the illustrations in the 14th edition of the Gardner’s text. From the art
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reflect that of someone who has a healthy fear of death. Their adventure has a high level of risk‚ which would naturally increase the threat of premature death for any mortal; however‚ Enkidu ’s fears soon become reality. Upon their return to Uruk and after they ’d
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The parallels between The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ translated by Benjamin R. Foster‚ and the Genesis stories‚ from The Hebrew Bible‚ are uncanny. The overall theme of these stories talks about divine intervention and questions the human condition of mortality. Both of these infamous literary works address the fact that humans are the only known species capable of abstract thinking‚ moral judgment‚ and meta-cognition. While continuous belief compares this ability with the divine‚ the human life is limited
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wild bull‚ stag‚ ibex‚ all the creatures of the plains mourn you. May the holy River Ulaja‚ along whose banks we grandly used to stroll‚ mourn you. May the pure Euphrates‚ to which we would libate water from our wineskins‚ mourn you. May the men of Uruk-Haven‚ whom we saw in our battle when we killed the Bull of Heaven‚ mourn you. May the farmer …‚ who extols your name in his sweet work song‚ mourn you. May the … of the broad city‚ who … exalted your name‚ mourn you. … the lamentation priests‚ may
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followers they had for their rituals. The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic story that happened around in 3‚000 BCE. It took place in Mesopotamia‚ which is now modern day Iraq. In the Epic of Gilgamesh the main characters name was Gilgamesh‚ king of Uruk. Gilgamesh was two-thirds god and one-third man. Gilgamesh reined as a cruel leader that did what he pleased‚ but he was a prime example of how religion and political power played off one another. Since Gilgamesh was part god and part man‚ the people
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Sumerian Culture and Contributions The Sumerians were a people who lived in the southern portion of Mesopotamia from around 3500 B.C. to 1800 B.C.. The Sumerian people lived in twelve city states‚ famous among which ar Sumer and Ur. They shared a common language‚ Sumerian. Sumerian has no modern day descendants‚ it seems to have disappeared from human history as a spoken language‚ but lived on in written language. The Sumerians were an agricultural people‚ and they raised crops in three areas
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there” (3). The Lord of the Rings‚ The Fellowship of the Rings‚ is a perfect example of a quest with Frodo (the quester) as the one chosen to take the ring to Mordor (the place to go). Along the way‚ there are dangers a plenty. Frodo is hunted by Orcs‚ Uruk-hai‚ and Ringwraiths. He is stabbed by one of the Ringwraiths‚ speared by an ogre‚ and followed by Gollum; Gollum was the original owner of the ring and wants the ring back. Also‚ Saruman‚ a wizard under the spell of Sauron‚ is searching for Frodo
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the river’s ease of access helped farmers trade food surpluses for other necessary goods and travel across long distances. Because of its resourceful geographic location‚ many successful city-states such as Sumer‚ Akkad‚ Assyria‚ Assur‚ Ninevah‚ Ur‚ Uruk‚ Mari‚ and Babylon were developed as the population grew. In current day the geography of the region has changed over time from a series of cities to its current day countries. Today‚ the Tigris and Euphrates start in the mountains of modern day Turkey
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Every civilization has seven characteristics that keep the civilization up and running. These characteristics include having an urban focus‚ political and military structures‚ social structure based on power‚ more complexity‚ a district religious structure‚ writing‚ and having new forms of artistic and intellectual activity. Missing just one of the seven characteristics can cause the civilization to turn upside down and fall apart. The first characteristic is to have an urban focus. This is one
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loneliness in his life‚ and then he becomes a real human. In this book‚ Gilgamesh said “ I am alone and I have longed/ For some companionship. My people/ Also have grown tired of my solitude.” (20). According to these sentences‚ Gilgamesh was a king of Uruk‚ he had a lot of power‚ but he was lonely‚ he didn’t have any friends. Also‚ people thought Gilgamesh was the God‚ he was not a human. But he was becoming a human‚ because he was going through loneliness at that time. Loneliness is a part of everyone’s
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