The Earth and Its People Chapter 3
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Fertile Crescent
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Earliest Societies
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They are in the floodplains of great rivers: Tigris and Euphrates in Iraq, Indus River Valley in Pakistan, Yellow River in China, and the Nile in Egypt
Steles and voltives
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Three NEAR EAST pieces to remember? Stele of NaramSin AKKADIAN 2300-2200 BCE Votive of Gudea NEO-SUMERIAN 2141-2122 BCE Stele of Hammurabi BABYLONIAN c1780 BCE A stele is a monument composed of a single column or shaft typically erected to commemorate an important event or person. The Akkadians under Sargon dominated the Sumerians about 2300 BC. Naram-Sin was Sargon's grandson. The god-like Akkadian kings ruled with absolute authority. Naram-Sin's title was "King of the Four Quarters" meaning "Ruler of the World." Damaged on both the top and bottom, Naram-Sin's stele depicts the king's defeat of the Lullubi peoples of present-day Iran. Stele of NaramSin, AKKADIAN 2300-2200 BCE
World History Ch 2 Review
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• Events, Individuals, and Dates
o 12,000 BC: Hunter-gatherers moved into Nile River Valley and changed to food producers
o 6,000 BC: Neolithic culture developed in Nile River
o 3,000 BC: Hieroglyphics were developed
o 1,780 BC: Hyksos invaded Egypt, but was later re-conquered
o 1,213 BC: Egypts decline
o 2,330 BC: Sumerians were conquered by the Akkadians
o 1,792 BC: Babylonians conquered Akkadians
o 1,600 BC: The Hittites conquered Babylonians
o 2,000 BC: Assyrians conquered Hittites
o 722 BC: Assyrians conquered Israel
o 600 BC: Coins invented by Lydians
o 612 BC: Chaldeans conquered the Assyrians
o 539 BC: Persians conquered Chaldeans
• Significant Events
o 12,000 BC: Hunter-gatherers moved into Nile River Valley and changed to food producers
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
The Epic of Gilgamesh
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The Epic of Gilgamesh ?Return? page 28 #1-5 Did the gods and goddesses in Gilgamesh behave in ways you expected? Explain. In my opinion, the gods and goddesses did not behave in ways that I expected because I view gods as holy omnipresent all knowing mercy form of spirit, however in the epic of Gilgamesh, the gods are portrayed as ruthless selfish forms that is lazy. How does Gilgamesh come to hear the story of the flood? Relative to the other events in Gilgamesh, when did the flood happen? Why is Utnaphistim able to tell about it?
Gilgamesh vs. Genesis
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Egypt and Mesopotamia: Compare and contrast essay
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Compare and Contrast? Egypt and Mesopotamia There are many similarities between Egypt and Mesopotamia, but there also are many differences between them. One similarity between the Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations is that they both have similar social classes. Mesopotamian social classes include kings, farmers, priests, and slaves. Egyptian social classes include kings, priests, farmers, and slaves/peasants as well. Another similarity between the Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations is that they both had polytheistic religions, although it is said that the pharaoh Akhenaten of Egypt tried to introduce polytheism to his subjects but never succeeded.
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