HI test 1 and 2 review

history of civ fall of '26; prof preston

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how many themes of history are there

to show us the state of man and what he might become

what is the purpose of creation

enuma elish

popular creation myth

image, or eikon

man is an __ of God

from the earth

what does creatio ex terre mean

by the kings reign

how were the years calculated in ancient times

Ancient (4000 BC - AD 500)

Medieval (500 - 1500)

Modern (1500 - present)

three way division of history:

destructive floods, ship to escape, human race saved by a single family, survive on a high mountain

what are some popular flood legends

Sumerian flood story

what is the oldest flood story recorded (1600 BC)

to protect human life

why do we have government capital punishment

atrahasis epic

name means most wise one, akin to a noah figure

original monotheism

the sky-god (omnipresent, uncreated, unbegotten, limitless, not depicted)

cities, river valleys, specialization of labor, patriarchy

what makes up civilizations

nimrod

who ran the greatest rebellion against God

nimrod

who is considered the worlds first empire builder

nimrod

whose name means mighty hunter/ rebel

nimrod

who is the first to call himself a king after the flood

a single root

all mankind originated from

God

all nations come from

1: life, 2: nations

1__ began with God, 2__ came from God

greeks

mesopotamia was named by the

mesopotamia

what means land between the rivers

iraq

the fertile crescent is modern day

ziggurats

temple towers

gateway to heaven

sumerians see their ziggurats as a

ur, urak, eridu

what are some early cities of Sumer

Sumerians

in which society (?) were the kings viewed as priest kings and not as god

lugals

theocratic kingship

large landowners

who were in competition with the king in sumerian society

sumerians

who were the first to create the wheel

sumerians

known for using bronze

cuneiform

wedge writing

pictogram

a picture to mean a word

ideagram

pictures to convey ideas

phonogram

symbol to stand for a sound

cuneiform

oldest style of writing that exists

sargon

2nd great empire builder

akkad

who invaded sumeria

sargon

was cupbearer to the king before becoming king

sargon

who said he was anointed by the peoples god to be their king

3rd dynasty of Ur

what is known as the sumerian renaissance

Ur nammu

most ancient law code

hammurabis law code

most famous law code

syncretistic

what is it called when people mixed and match their gods from other peoples/cities

polytheistic/ syncretistic

what kind of religion did the sumerians have

pessimistic

what were the sumerians thoughts regarding religion

epic of gilgamesh

what is the oldest work of literature

gilgamesh

in the epic of gilgamash, who was the oppressive king of sumer

enkidu

in the epic of gilgamesh, who was the wild man who the gods sent to deal with gilgamesh and then became best friends with gilgamesh

utnapishtim

in the epic of gilgamesh, who was the noah figure who gilgamesh went to ask how to have eternal life

epic of gilgamesh

what epic is an example of mesopotamians pessimistic life

gilgamesh is hopeless, and job has hope for what will happen in the future

what is the comparison between gilgamesh and job

herodotus

who said that egypt is the gift of the nile

mizraim

who are the egyptians believed to be descended from

nomes

upper and lower egypt

raging catfish

what does menes mean

menes (narmer)

who unified upper and lower egypt

memphite theology

what provides the theological reasons for why egypt was being unified

memphis

what becomes the capital of unified egypt

ptah

who was the main god who supported unified egypt

they were viewed as gods

how were the pharoahs in the old kingdom viewed

prosperity, safety

what was the old kingdom known for

religious problems and division

what ended egypts old kingdom

about 300 years

how long does the middle kingdom last

senusret III

which egyptian pharoah was focused on expansion, he was also a visionary and successful

middle kingdom

joseph is believed to be alive during this egyptian kingdom

hyksos

who were called the shepherd kings

new kingdom

which kingdom was expanding to launch pre emptive strikes which hadnt been seen before

hatshepsut

which pharaoh ruled with her nephew and had prolific building going on in her time

ramsesses II

who was the most outstanding leader of egypt, and achieved new heights with expanding borders and building statues and ect

hittites

who were the egyptians mortal enemies with

living god

pharaohs were a _____ to the egyptians

optimistic

the egyptians had a more __ feeling about life and death

MA’AT

what means justice, balance, and order

Akhenaten

amenhotep IV changed his name to

to show his devotion to his god aten

why did akhenaten change his name?

amarna

what was the city that akhenaten built

nefertiti

who was akhenatens wife

henotheist

what is the recognition of one supreme god with many lesser gods

hieroglyphics

priest carvings

the rosetta stone

what helped us to understand the hieroglyphics

the book of the dead

what was the egyptians guide book to the afterlife

architectural wonders, and preservation of civilization and what it should have been

what is egypts legacy?

old babylonian empire

hittite

assyrian

neo/ new babylonian

persian

succession of empires

abraham

father of many nations

from the passover

where do we have the beginning of the nation of isreal

patriarch

abraham is known as a

preincarnation (bfore jesus was born)

age of paradise

age of division

age of utopia

age of nihilism

what are the themes of history

cyrus the great

who founds the persian empire

immortals

who are an elite group of soldiers whose whole job was to defend the emperor in battle

satraps

who were the governors who reported to the king

cryus the great

who was remembered by God as his shepherd bc he allowed the israelites to go back to their homeland

aramaic

what was the common language of the persian empire

bc it was the language of merchants

why was aramaic chosen as the language of persia

vedic

what is the tradition that Zoroastrianism comes from

vedic

what tradition is connected to an indo arian people and its name means noble or lord

mazsayna

what means good religion

mazsayasna

what did the persians call their religion

zoroaster (?) thustra

who came up with Zoroastrianism