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Changes in the Ancient Near East

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Carla Willhite 1 Mr. French AP Art History Chapter 2 Essay 2 November 11, 2011 Essay 2 The changing political map of the Ancient Near East promoted creative innovation in cultures belonging to the Sumerians, the Akkadians, and the Babylonians. Newly formed cities allowed for the growth and prosperity of culture, economics, government, and art.

The Epic of Gilgamesh Brief Notes

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"The oldest story in the world" -Gilgamesh is the King of Urak(near Babylon) *Strong and handsome *Tyrant -Enkidu: was made by a women out of clay *Roamed the wilderness *Protector of the animals -Shamhat:Priestest *Has sex with Kings and Priests *Civilizes men -Enkidu meets Shamhat and is civilized and becomes man, fights Gilgamesh and eventually they become true friends.

first civilizations to use boats

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The first civilization to use boats The Sumerians invented the worlds first boats around 5000 B.C.E. The Sumerians were very smart. They used the boats, and a canal system, to help with their trading to surrounding areas. They used the boats to transport people, goods, and animals. It was much quicker and easier to use the waterways than to try to get places on foot.

Epic of Gilgamesh Summary

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The Epic of Gilgamesh ?I. Paragraph 1 - Introduction 1- Summary: Two sentence summary of document. The ?Epic of Gilgamesh? as translated by Maureen Kovacs, is an ancient Sumerian poem written in cuneiform from the Akkadian language about King Gilgamesh of Uruk and his search for immortality.? 2- What: Describe the purpose of the document? The author's purpose was to put in writing many stories and myths about Gilgamesh which had been handed down verbally, and in doing so, created for us, the oldest known document giving us a look into Sumerian culture? 3- Where: Where was the document created? The story was created in Sumeria as a combination of 5 earlier stories about Gilgamesh who was an actual person who lived around 2800 BCE and was a king and ruler of Uruk

Ch. 1-4 AP World History Notes

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Darlene Kim Mr. Jones World History AP Part 1 ? The Emergence of Human Communities to 500 B.C.E. Chapter 1 ? From the Origins of Agriculture to the First River- Valley Civilizations 8000-1500 B.C.E. The world?s first urban civilization had begun with people living in Sumer, about five thousand years ago in Mesopotamia. Early societies that exhibited civilization traits were living nearby floodplains of great rivers. (i.e. Tigris and Euphrates in Iraq)

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Diaspora means ?dispersion? or ?scattering.? Basically, deportees were better off by the waters of Babylon, so the descendents of those deportees refused to rejoin the Persian Empire. So, the Jews dispersed to maintain their religion outside of the no-more independent Israel. They left behind many belongings and artifacts, and they had to change their entire way of life. However, this changed allowed the peoples to develop traditions such as synagogue, the Deuternomic code, and a stronger monotheistic belief. The Diaspora fostered a powerful sense of community and the belief that their people were protected by a watchful and beneficent deity.

The Earth and Its Peoples - Chapter 4

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CHAPTER 4 The Mediterranean and Middle East, ?2000?500?b.c.e. I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . The Cosmopolitan Middle East, 1700?1100 b.c.e. A?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . Western Asia 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . In the southern portion of western Asia, the Kassites ruled Babylonia during this period. Babylonia did not pursue territorial conquest. In the north, the Assyrians had their origins in the northern Tigris area. They were involved in trade in tin and silver. 2?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . The Hittites had their capital in Anatolia, used horse-drawn chariots, and had access to important copper, silver, and iron deposits. 3?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . During the second millennium b.c.e. Mesopotamian political and cultural concepts spread across much of western Asia. B?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . New Kingdom Egypt

The Earth and Its Peoples - Chapter 1b

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SEQ NLI \r 0 \h ?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h Chapter 2 (second part of chapter 1 in textbook) - The First River-Valley Civilizations, 3500?1500 b.c.e. I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . Mesopotamia A?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . Settled Agriculture in an Unstable Landscape 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . Mesopotamia is the alluvial plain area alongside and between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The area is a difficult environment for agriculture because there is little rainfall, the rivers flood at the wrong time for grain agriculture, and the rivers change course unpredictably.

hammurabi/moses

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See reflections in the Babylonian and the Hebrew Hammurabi was the most famous leader of the Babylonians Hammurabi ruled from1792-1750 BCE He published a list of 300 laws, carved into a black basalt pillar 7 ft. high and 2 ft in diameter- erected near the site of Baghdad Moses claimed to have gotten some of his laws from God while Hebrews wandered through Sinai desert after leaving Egypt recorded in their holy book, the Torah (the law), makes up first 5 books of the Hebrew bible, or Old Testament

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